Stories of struggle : the clash over civil rights in South Carolina /

The end of desegregation and the attainment of civil rights for South Carolina's African American community from the 1940s through the 1960s was a long and arduous struggle. Enduring lynchings, death threats, bombs, robed Klansmen, burning crosses, whippings, beatings, arson and venemous hatred...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brinson, Claudia Smith (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2020]
Subjects:	African American civil rights workers > South Carolina > History > 20th century. Civil rights movements > South Carolina > History > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights > South Carolina > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Fearless Leader: James Myles Hinton Sr.
No Such Thing as Standing Still: Briggs v. Elliott
Forward Motion: Cecil Augustus Ivory
Whatever They Call You: Student Sit-Ins
You Thought We'd Say, "Sorry, Boss": The Charleston Hospital Strike.