Civil Rights in South Carolina: From Peaceful Protests to Groundbreaking Rulings (Paperback)

Paperback. The civil rights movement in South Carolina has an epic and tumultuous history, beginning with the very first statewide meeting of the NAACP in 1939. With stories of sit-ins, movements and the integration of state universities, this is the first comprehensive history of South Carolina's civil rights struggles. And behind every achievement are the major legal rulings that protected them, interspersed with the familiar names of Thurgood Marshall, Matthew Perry, Ernest A. Finney and Judge Waties Warning Join former South Carolina NAACP executive director and activist James L. Felder as he recounts the epic struggle African Americans have faced, from fighting for the right to vote to the desegregation of public spaces and all the efforts in between. Book jacket. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.