Title An army of lions : the civil rights struggle before the NAACP / Shawn Leigh Alexander.

Imprint	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2012]
	©2012

LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS
2nd FL Humanities Library Books	E185.61 .A437 2012	Available

Collation	xviii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Series	Politics and culture in modern america
	Politics and culture in modern America.
Contents	Aceldama and the black response -- "Stand their ground on this civil rights business" -- Interregnum and resurrection -- Not just "a bubble in soap water" -- To awaken the conscience of America -- Invasion of the Tuskegee machine -- An army of mice or an army of lions? -- "It is strike now or never".
Bibliog.	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Gift of the Estate of Norman Wilkinson.
Subject	African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
	Civil rights movements -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century.
	Civil rights movements -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
	African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964.
	United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
	United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN	9780812243758 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	0812243757 (hardcover : alk. paper)