Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights, 1919-1950
Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore traces the radical roots of the civil rights movement from 1919 to 1950, examining the activism, ideas, and political challenges that confronted the American South. This history places the modern movement within a longer tradition of resistance and social change.
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Defying Dixie examines the radical roots of the civil rights movement between 1919 and 1950.
Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore explores the people, organizations, and ideas that challenged racial injustice and the established order of the American South.
The book places the later civil rights era in a broader history of activism, resistance, and political change.
It offers historical context for understanding how movements before 1950 helped shape the struggle for civil rights.
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