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050 00 $aJK2313 1964$b.S55 2012
082 00 $a324.2736$223
100 1 $aSkipper, John C.,$d1945-
245 10 $aShowdown at the 1964 Democratic Convention :$bLyndon Johnson, Mississippi and civil rights /$cJohn C. Skipper.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co., Publishers,$c2012.
300 $avii, 212 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-206) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The movement -- Robert Moses -- Lyndon Johnson -- A nation awakened -- The Republican revolution -- The journey -- Political espionage -- Showdown -- Compromises and consternation -- Into the lion's den -- A compromise and a lynching -- Power, protest and politics -- The forces of human decency -- Turning points -- Political espionage documented.
520 $a"This volume explores how American politics and the civil rights movement faced head-to-head at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, how the federal government felt compelled to spy on its own people for purely political purposes, and how this interlude changed the political landscape for generations"--Provided by publisher.
611 20 $aDemocratic National Convention$d(1964 :$cAtlantic City, N.J.)
600 10 $aJohnson, Lyndon B.$q(Lyndon Baines),$d1908-1973.
650 0 $aCivil rights movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1963-1969.
852 00 $bbar,stor$hJK2313 1964$i.S55 2012