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A church, a school : Pulitzer Prize-winning civil rights editorials from the Atlanta constitution

Title
A church, a school : Pulitzer Prize-winning civil rights editorials from the Atlanta constitution / Ralph McGill ; new introduction by Angie Maxwell.
Author
McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969.
Publication
Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2012.

Details

Additional Authors
University of South Carolina. Institute for Southern Studies.
Description
xxxii, 92 p.; 21 cm.
Series Statement
Southern classics series
Uniform Title
  • Atlanta constitution.
  • Southern classics series.
Subject
  • African Americans > Civil rights > History > Southern States > 20th century
  • African Americans > Segregation > History > Southern States > 20th century
  • Segregation in education > Southern States > History > 20th century
  • Rule of law > Southern States > History > 20th century
  • Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century
Note
  • "Published in cooperation with the Institute for Southern Studies of the University of South Carolina."
  • Originally published: New York : Abingdon Press, 1959.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction: "Let Us Now Praise Ralph McGill" -- A Church, a School -- "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin" Daniel -- Bombing at Clinton Harms Entire South -- Nehru Speaks for the U.S. -- While the Clock Ticks -- Kluxers Flee Americans -- The Oldest Constitution -- Reverence for the Law -- Brooklyn, Little Rock -- "The Judicial Power" -- Decision in Faubus Case -- Notes on Bastille Day -- General Lee Reminds Us -- The President as Professor -- Once a Biscuit Is Opened -- After Schools Close, Then What? -- "Ninety Per Cent Are Lunatics" -- "Know Thy Adversary!" -- Educate Only the Well to Do? -- If We Ask the Missionaries -- A Lesson We Can Learn -- Whose States Rights? -- States Rights, State Failures -- A Plea for Simple Truth -- Violence Destroys Its Own Purposes -- Byrd Machine Knocked Out -- In What Fire Was Thy Brain? -- We Now Trust Our Youth -- The Slow Mills of Law!
ISBN
  • 9781611171297 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1611171296 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2012020576
OCLC
794973743
Author
McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969.
Title
A church, a school : Pulitzer Prize-winning civil rights editorials from the Atlanta constitution / Ralph McGill ; new introduction by Angie Maxwell.
Imprint
Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2012.
Edition
Pbk. ed.
Series
Southern classics series
Southern classics series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
University of South Carolina. Institute for Southern Studies.
Added Title
Atlanta constitution.
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