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A decisive decade : an insider's view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s / by McKersie, Robert B.

Table of Contents: “…The First Unitarian Church of Chicago: my gateway to the civil rights movement and to Alex Poinsett -- Campaigns on the employment front -- The Motorola Campaign and Tim Black -- Campaigns on the education front -- The movement marks time, while the university plays catch-up -- Spring and summer 1965: marches, more marches, and Al Pitcher -- A peaceful march in Kenwood and a not-so-peaceful march led by Dick Gregory -- Looking back on the tumultuous events of 1965 -- The campaign for open housing, summer 1966 -- Jesse Jackson, Operation Breadbasket, and minority enterprise -- The movement and the decade wind down -- Initiatives continue within the university and the unitarian church -- Race relations and the personal equation.…”
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Elizabeth Packard a noble fight / by Carlisle, Linda V., 1947-

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The boy of Battle Ford and the man by Blackman, W. S. (William S.), 1840-1913

“…United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.…”
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Lincoln, the law, and presidential leadership /

Table of Contents: “…Hubbard -- Abraham Lincoln and civil liberties in wartime / Frank J. Williams -- "I claim not to have controlled events" : Lincoln leadership, and the Emanicipation struggle / Edna Greene Medford -- The Quality of mercy : Abraham Lincoln and the presidential power to pardon / Ron Soodalter -- Lincoln and the law of war / Burrus M. …”
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