The Civil Rights Movement in Tennnessee; A Narrative History
- Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 2005
Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 2005. First Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's original black cloth titled in yellow to the spine. Dustjacket. [xxv]; 483pp. Some very light wear to spine ends and extremities, in a dustjacket with some very slight marginal wear and creasing. A very good, bright copy indeed. Internally clean, some light soiling to the fore-edge.
One of Lovett's intentions in this work, the first to specifically provide a reference for civil rights developments in Tennessee, was to suggest that the history of the African-American struggle for rights and recognition in that state actually extends way back into the 19th century rather than being more concentrated in the mid 20th century. The movement is subdivided into three periods; the Civil War years, the 1880's-1930's, and then 1935 onwards, with a focus on early Jim Crow and a significant portion on the desegregation efforts in Tennessee schools.
One of Lovett's intentions in this work, the first to specifically provide a reference for civil rights developments in Tennessee, was to suggest that the history of the African-American struggle for rights and recognition in that state actually extends way back into the 19th century rather than being more concentrated in the mid 20th century. The movement is subdivided into three periods; the Civil War years, the 1880's-1930's, and then 1935 onwards, with a focus on early Jim Crow and a significant portion on the desegregation efforts in Tennessee schools.