Protest Campaigns and Movement Success: Desegregating the U.S. South in the Early 1960s

American Sociological Review

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 416-443

  Biggs, Michael ^a   Andrews, Kenneth T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

civil rights; desegregation; protest; race and ethnic relations; social movements

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; ETHNICITY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL HISTORY; POLITICAL RELATIONS; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925656799     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122415574328     Document Type: Article

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