Racial Change and Community Crisis: St. Augustine, Florida, 1877-1980 / Edition 1

by David R. Colburn

Overview

"Colburn presents the facts and is not afraid to interpret them. His narrative captures the inherent drama of specific events and situations: the ruthless beatings of demonstrators, the complacency and fear of many white moderates, the genuinely incredible power of nonviolence to accomplish grand political ends, and the great courage this weapon required of those who wielded it."
—Reviews in American History

In 1964, racial reform and racial extremism clashed in St. Augustine, Florida, the city the Southern Christian Leadership Conference targeted for the activities of its nonviolent army. Under the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr., the SCLC staged demonstrations in St. Augustine that they hoped would pressure the U.S. Congress into passing civil rights legislation. Extremists, led by Ku Klux Klan and John Birch Society members, saw in St. Augustine a last opportunity to halt the forces of racial change. What resulted—beatings, shootings, bombings, and mass arrests—was some of the ugliest racial violence the nation has witnessed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813010663
Publisher:	University Press of Florida
Publication date:	06/20/1991
Series:	Florida Sand Dollar Books
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.64(d)
Lexile:	1530L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

	Preface to First Paperback Edition	ix
	Preface	xv
1.	Shell-Shocked in St. Augustine: The Celebration	1
2.	Bluebirds and Redbirds Don't Feed Together	13
3.	The Invasion	61
4.	You're Going to Have to Integrate	79
5.	A Judge for the Times	117
6.	Every Job Had a Name and a Face	137
7.	The Most Segregated Hour in America	155
8.	No Real Controversies	177
	Conclusion	205
	Notes	219
	Index	249