Virginia S Civil Rights Hero Curtis W Harris Sr

Author : William Paul Lazarus
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467153249

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Virginia's Civil Rights Hero Curtis W. Harris Sr. by William Paul Lazarus Pdf

In 1924, the Virginia State Legislature passed the Racial Integrity Act. The act banned interracial marriage down to "a single drop" of African blood. Just three months later, Curtis W. Harris was born in Dendron, Virginia. Harris was the sixth child of impoverished sharecroppers, living in a desolate outpost of the Commonwealth, but in time he would lead the fight against the Racial Integrity Act and many other racially restrictive laws. Despite being arrested multiple times and beaten, Rev. Harris would help reverse centuries of racial discrimination that began when slaves first arrived in Virginia in 1619. Author William Paul Lazarus tells the story of Harris' determination in the face of intense hostility, which took him to the forefront of America's Civil Rights Movement, arm-in-arm with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Author : William Lazarus
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439676882

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Virginia's Civil Rights Hero Curtis W. Harris Sr. by William Lazarus Pdf

In 1924, the Virginia State Legislature passed the Racial Integrity Act. The act banned interracial marriage down to "a single drop" of African blood. Just three months later, Curtis W. Harris was born in Dendron, Virginia. Harris was the sixth child of impoverished sharecroppers, living in a desolate outpost of the Commonwealth, but in time he would lead the fight against the Racial Integrity Act and many other racially restrictive laws. Despite being arrested multiple times and beaten, Rev. Harris would help reverse centuries of racial discrimination that began when slaves first arrived in Virginia in 1619. Author William Paul Lazarus tells the story of Harris' determination in the face of intense hostility, which took him to the forefront of America's Civil Rights Movement, arm-in-arm with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Author : Virginia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Law
ISBN : UVA:X004822730

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Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia by Virginia Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : African Americans
ISBN : NWU:35556037946118

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SCLC by Anonim Pdf

Author : Henry Hampton,Steve Fayer
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307574183

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Voices of Freedom by Henry Hampton,Steve Fayer Pdf

“A vast choral pageant that recounts the momentous work of the civil rights struggle.”—The New York Times Book Review A monumental volume drawing upon nearly one thousand interviews with civil rights activists, politicians, reporters, Justice Department officials, and others, weaving a fascinating narrative of the civil rights movement told by the people who lived it Join brave and terrified youngsters walking through a jeering mob and up the steps of Central High School in Little Rock. Listen to the vivid voices of the ordinary people who manned the barricades, the laborers, the students, the housewives without whom there would have been no civil rights movements at all. In this remarkable oral history, Henry Hampton, creator and executive producer of the acclaimed PBS series Eyes on the Prize, and Steve Fayer, series writer, bring to life the country’s great struggle for civil rights as no conventional narrative can. You will hear the voices of those who defied the blackjacks, who went to jail, who witnessed and policed the movement; of those who stood for and against it—voices from the heart of America.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : African American newspapers
ISBN : UOM:39015079786367

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Black Newspapers Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : HARVARD:32044095334504

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The Cultivator & Country Gentleman by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2012 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Indexes
ISBN : UCD:31175033036420

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The New York Times Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lauranett Lee
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1600374662

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Making the American Dream Work by Lauranett Lee Pdf

What can a small industrial city in Virginia named Hopewell tell us about its experiment in possibilities? Located at the intersection of the Appomattox and James Rivers, this wondrous place was poised to yield "the greatest hope ever." From America's founding years to the twenty-first century Hopewell's historic sights and the stories that citizens tell about their lives provide glimpses into an ever changing landscape that embodies all the American dream has come to symbolize.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015073789839

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S.C.L.C. West by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : English literature
ISBN : CUB:U183015819587

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The Spectator by Anonim Pdf

Author : Megan Ming Francis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107037106

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Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State by Megan Ming Francis Pdf

This book extends what we know about the development of civil rights and the role of the NAACP in American politics. Through a sweeping archival analysis of the NAACP's battle against lynching and mob violence from 1909 to 1923, this book examines how the NAACP raised public awareness, won over American presidents, secured the support of Congress, and won a landmark criminal procedure case in front of the Supreme Court.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : United States
ISBN : UCSC:32106020404197

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Who's who in America. Index ... Geographic Index, Professional Area Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : United States
ISBN : MINN:31951002439546Y

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Army, Navy, Air Force Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1536 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : United States
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030026285868

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Army, Navy, Air Force Journal and Register by Anonim Pdf