Carry It on: The War on Poverty and the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, 1964-1972

Author/Contributor(s):	Ashmore, Susan Youngblood
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	07/15/2008
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

An in-depth study of how the local struggle for equality in Alabama fared in the wake of new federal laws: the Civil Rights Act, the Economic Opportunity Act, and the Voting Rights Act. Ashmore looks closely at the interactions among local activists, elected officials, businesspeople, landowners, and bureaucrats.