The last segregated hour: the Memphis kneel-ins and the campaign for Southern church desegregation
"The start of a new movement across the South": the first kneel-ins, 1960 -- "Christ did not build any racial walls": church desegregation campaigns, 1961-65 -- "This spectacle of a church with guarded doors": the Memphis campaign of 1964 -- "Like a child that had...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [u.a.]
Oxford University Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Haynes, Stephen R., The Last Segregated Hour: The Memphis Kneel-ins and the Campaign for Southern Church Desegregation] (2015) (Findlay, James D.)
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| Further subjects: | B
Segregation
Religious aspects
Christianity
History 20th century
B Blacks Segregation (United States) B United States Church history 20th century B Memphis (Tenn.) Church history 20th century B Southern States Church history 20th century |
| Summary: | "The start of a new movement across the South": the first kneel-ins, 1960 -- "Christ did not build any racial walls": church desegregation campaigns, 1961-65 -- "This spectacle of a church with guarded doors": the Memphis campaign of 1964 -- "Like a child that had been unfaithful": a church-related college and a college-related church -- "A time when the bare souls of men are revealed": Southern Presbyterians respond -- "You're going to have to go out there yourself": church people -- "Our presence at the church is itself an act of worship": White visitors -- "You will only know my motivation when you open the door": Black visitors -- "Mama, why don't they just let them in?": children -- "The greatest crisis in the 120-year history of our church": defiance, intervention, and schism -- "Not the church's advantages, but the city's disadvantages": wrestling with the past at Second Presbyterian Church -- "A season of prayer and corporate repentance": wrestling with the past at Independent Presbyterian Church |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p.289-305)and index |
| ISBN: | 0195395050 |