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by Brian Purnell


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The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) established a reputation as one of the most important civil rights organizations of the early 1960s. In the wake of the southern student sit-ins, CORE created new chapters all over the country, including one in Brooklyn, New York, which quickly established itself as one of the most audacious and dynamic chapters in the nation. In Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings, historian Brian Purnell explores the chapter's numerous direct-action protest campaign

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  • Title Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings: The Congress of Racial Equality in Brooklyn
  • Author Brian Purnell
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Kentucky, Lexington
  • Date 2015-06-05
  • ISBN 9780813165585 / 081316558X
  • Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.96 x 5.87 x 0.57 in (22.76 x 14.91 x 1.45 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Locality: New York, N.Y.
    • Topical: Black History
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Civil rights - New York, Civil rights movements - New York (State) -
  • Dewey Decimal Code 323.119

About the author

Brian Purnell is assistant professor of Africana studies at Bowdoin College.

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