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Bloody Tuesday : the untold story of the struggle for civil rights in Tuscaloosa /

"This book began in a barbershop. Reverend. Thomas William "T.W." Linton, the spry then seventy-seven-year-old owner, was sharing memories from his sixty-year career while cutting my hair on a summer afternoon in Tuscaloosa in 2011. I had been coming to the shop since reading about hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giggie, John M. (John Michael), 1965- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Tuscaloosa > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Alabama > Tuscaloosa > History > 20th century.
African American civil rights workers > Alabama > Tuscaloosa > History > 20th century.
African American Baptists > Alabama > Tuscaloosa > History > 20th century.
African American clergy > Alabama > Tuscaloosa > History > 20th century.
Race relations > Religious aspects.
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Alabama > Tuscaloosa > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Alabama > Tuscaloosa > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains > Alabama > Tuscaloosa > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Baptistes noirs américains > Alabama > Tuscaloosa > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Clergé noir américain > Alabama > Tuscaloosa > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Relations raciales > Aspect religieux.
20th Century.
United States.
HISTORY.
South (AL.
State & Local.
African American.
Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Politics & government.
Politics and Government.
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr, civil rights, Tuscaloosa, Ku Klux Klan, Bloody Tuesday, Black church, police, armed self-defense, massive white resistance, Reverend . T Y. Rogers
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • "The Memory You Choose"
  • "It Was Like Slavery from Another Era" : Tuscaloosa, 1964
  • "The White Folks Are Going to Kill Him" : The Arrival of Rev. T. Y. Rogers
  • "God, Himself, was the Author of Segregation" : The Rise of Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton
  • "The Publicity is What Creates the Mayhem" : The Making of Police Chief William Marable
  • "No End to the Floggings and Murders" : Protesting in Tuscaloosa
  • "We Want Freedom Now" : Bloody Tuesday and the Sacking of First African Baptist
  • "You Can't Do Nothing but Kill Me" : Fighting Back
  • "How Could There Be a God and Allow This to Happen?" : Testing the Civil Rights Act
  • "Sit Where Anybody Wants To" : Boycotting Druid City Transit
  • "The Voices of Dissent Must Be Heard" : Legacies
  • "Just Give Us Fifty Years and We'll Take It All Back."