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Tells the story of eight young people who, inspired by workshops on nonviolence, decided to become involved in the fight against segregation during the 1960s, beginning with staged sit-ins at Nashville lunch counters, and progressing to ever more dangerous actions on behalf of the civil rights movem...

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Main Author: Halberstam, David (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Fawcett Books, 1999.
Edition:1st Fawcett ed.
Subjects:
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
United States > Race relations.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Biographies.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights movements.
Civil rights workers.
Race relations.
United States.
1900-1999
Biography
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
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Summary:Tells the story of eight young people who, inspired by workshops on nonviolence, decided to become involved in the fight against segregation during the 1960s, beginning with staged sit-ins at Nashville lunch counters, and progressing to ever more dangerous actions on behalf of the civil rights movements.
Item Description:Reprint. Originally published: New York : Random House, ©1998.
Physical Description:783 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 733-736) and index.
ISBN:0449004392
9780449004395