Massive Resistance: The White Response to the Civil Rights Movement (Hodder Arnold Publication) - Softcover

Lewis, George

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Synopsis

Massive Resistance is a compelling account of the white segregationist opposition to the US civil rights movement from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. It provides vivid insights into what sparked the confrontations in US society during the run-up to the major civil rights laws that transformed America's social and political landscape.

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About the Author

Dr George Lewis is Reader in American History at the University of Leicester, UK

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