From the Book - First edition.
Preface: a different angle on the civil rights movement
Introduction: stirrings, 1865-1954
Montgomery, 1955-1956 : besieging a city
Nashville, 1960 : developing a nonviolent cadre
The Freedom Rides, 1961 : a raid behind enemy lines
The Albany movement, 1961-1962 : stymied by an adaptive adversary
Ole Miss, 1962 : a racial confrontation that lacked movement input
Early Birmingham, Spring 1963 : putting children on the front lines
The March on Washington, mid-1963 : taking the national stage
Later Birmingham, Fall 1963 : counter-escalation against children
Oxford, Ohio, June 1964 : SNCC prepares to assault a state
The Battle of Mississippi, July and August 1964 : Freedom Summer
Chicago, 1966 : a bridge too far
Memphis, 1968 : the costs of it all
Epilogue: the good war today.
