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Pure fire : self-defense as activism in the civil rights era
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- Creator
- Christopher B. Strain
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2005]
- ©2005
- Physical Details
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- viii, 254 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780820326863, 0820326860, 9780820326870, 0820326879
- OCLC
- ocm56111861
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index.
- Introduction : pure fire -- Gon' be treated right : self-defense in black history -- The other cheek : the possibilities of nonviolence, 1955-1956 -- People with strength : questioning the nonviolent ideal, 1957-1962 -- We assert and affirm : self-defense finds a spokesman, 1963-1964 -- A brand new negro : self-defense in action, 1965-1966 -- Code 1199, officer needs help : rioting as self-defense in Watts, 1965 -- Blood to the horse's brow : self-defense used and abused, 1966-1968 -- Conclusion : the courage to talk back