Pickering George W (18 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Trade paperback in near fine condition.

Softcover. Covers glossy, bright w/very mild shelfwear; spine uncreased. Pages white, tight, unmarked. Not a former library copy; no underlining, etc. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. With the '1' in a number line. Groundbreaking study of the Civil Right Movement in Chicago enhanced by extensive bibliographical notes and a section of rare photographs. 8vo, perfect bound pictorial wrappers, 515 pages. A tight, clean and unmarked copy.

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Paperback. Condition: New. In Confronting the Color Line, Alan Anderson and George Pickering examine the hopes and strategies, the frustrations and internal conflicts, the hard-won successes and bitter disappointments of the civil rights movement in Chicago. The scene of a protracted local struggle to force equality in education and open housing for blacks, the city also became the focus of national attention in the summer of 1966 as Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference challenged the entrenched political machine of Mayor Richard J. Daley. The failure of King's campaign-a failure he would not live to redeem-marked the final unsuccessful attempt to secure significant social change in Chicago, and soon afterward the national civil rights movement itself would unravel amid white backlash and cries of black power.Picking up the threads of our own recent history, Confronting the Color Line examines a political movement that remains unfinished, a dilemma for America's system of democratic social change that remains unsolved.…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 515 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New.

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Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Blue wrappers. cvi, 309-468pp. Fine. Poetry by Neal Bowers, Frank Gaspar, Richard Gillman, Robert Bernard Hass, Frederick Morgan, Michael Mott, Dan Masterson. Fiction by Sarah Rossiter. Essays by George Watson, Lionel Basney, Christopher Clausen, Daniel Hoffman. Arts and Letters by J.T. Barbarese, Sam Pickering, John Rees Moore, Stuart Wright, J.A. Bryant, Jr., Edward L. Galligan. The State of Letters by D.W. Faulkner, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., and Russell Kirk.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In Confronting the Color Line, Alan Anderson and George Pickering examine the hopes and strategies, the frustrations and internal conflicts, the hard-won successes and bitter disappointments of the civil rights movement in Chicago. The scene of a protracted local struggle to force equality in education and open housing for blacks, the city also became the focus of national attention in the summer of 1966 as Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference challenged the entrenched political machine of Mayor Richard J. Daley. The failure of King's campaign--a failure he would not live to redeem--marked the final unsuccessful attempt to secure significant social change in Chicago, and soon afterward the national civil rights movement itself would unravel amid white backlash and cries of black power. Picking up the threads of our own recent history, Confronting the Color Line examines a political movement that remains unfinished, a dilemma for America's system of democratic social change that remains unsolved.…

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Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Condition: New. In Confronting the Color Line, Alan Anderson and George Pickering examine the hopes and strategies, the frustrations and internal conflicts, the hard-won successes and bitter disappointments of the civil rights movement in Chicago. The scene of a protracted local struggle to force equality in education and open housing for blacks, the city also became the focus of national attention in the summer of 1966 as Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference challenged the entrenched political machine of Mayor Richard J. Daley. The failure of King's campaign-a failure he would not live to redeem-marked the final unsuccessful attempt to secure significant social change in Chicago, and soon afterward the national civil rights movement itself would unravel amid white backlash and cries of black power.Picking up the threads of our own recent history, Confronting the Color Line examines a political movement that remains unfinished, a dilemma for America's system of democratic social change that remains unsolved.…

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