Civilities and Civil Rights : Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom

Reveals how whites in Greensboro used the traditional Southern concept of civility as a means of keeping Black protest in check and how Black activists continually devised new ways of asserting their quest for freedom. The 'sit-ins' At A Woolworth's Lunch Counter In Greensboro Launched The Passive Resistance Phase Of The Civil Rights Revolution. This Book Tells The Story Of What Happened In Greensboro ; It Also Tells The Story In Microcosm Of America's Effort To Come To Grips With Our Most Abiding National Dilemma--racism--cover, P. [4]. Years Of Protest -- Years Of Polarization. William H. Chafe. Originally Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1980. An Epilogue Has Been Added And The Notes Section Abridged For This Edition. Includes Bibliographies And Index. Frontmatter Introduction (page 3) Part I: YEARS OF PROTEST (page 11) 1. Inch by Inch-- (page 13) 2. The Politics of Moderation (page 42) 3. The Sit-Ins Begin (page 71) 4. A Time of Testing (page 102) 5. "My Feet Took Wings" (page 119) Part II: YEARS OF POLARIZATION (page 153) 6. "We Will Stand Pat" (page 155) 7. Black Power (page 172) 8. The End or the Beginning (page 203) 9. Struggle and Ambiguity (page 237) Epilogue for the Paperback Edition (page 251) Notes (page 255) A Note on Sources (page 269) Index (page 275) "The 'sit-ins' at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro launched the passive resistance phase of the civil rights revolution. This book tells the story of what happened in Greensboro ; it also tells the story in microcosm of America's effort to come to grips with our most abiding national dilemma--racism"--Page 4 of cover The night after the Supreme Court handed down its landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education in May 1954, members of the Greensboro school board gathered for their regular monthly meeting.