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Turning the tide : the University of Alabama in the 1960s / Earl H. Tilford ; foreword by Jack Drake.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Tuscaloosa : University Alabama Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (273 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780817387259
  • 0817387250
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Turning the tide : the University of Alabama in the 1960s.DDC classification:
  • 378.009761 23
LOC classification:
  • LD73 .T55 2014eb
Other classification:
  • HIS036010
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: To Preserve the Unhindered Pursuit of Knowledge -- 1. The University of Alabama: From Slavery to Desegregation -- 2. Ebb Tide: June 1963 to September 1964 -- 3. An Oasis of Modern Thought in a Sea of Reactionism -- 4. Toward a New University of Alabama: Building a Team for Excellence and Competence -- 5. A Year of Ferment and Inquiry: In Infinite New Directions -- 6. A Regional Center for Academic Excellence: Between Tuscaloosa and Montgomery -- 7. Campus Militancy Grows: A Past Still Present -- 8. In Defense of Reason -- 9. May 1970: Days of Rage and Reason.
Summary: "Turning the Tide is an institutional and cultural history of a dramatic decade of change at the University of Alabama set against the backdrop of desegregation, the continuing civil rights struggle, and the growing antiwar movement"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Turning the Tide is an institutional and cultural history of a dramatic decade of change at the University of Alabama set against the backdrop of desegregation, the continuing civil rights struggle, and the growing antiwar movement"-- Provided by publisher.

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Introduction: To Preserve the Unhindered Pursuit of Knowledge -- 1. The University of Alabama: From Slavery to Desegregation -- 2. Ebb Tide: June 1963 to September 1964 -- 3. An Oasis of Modern Thought in a Sea of Reactionism -- 4. Toward a New University of Alabama: Building a Team for Excellence and Competence -- 5. A Year of Ferment and Inquiry: In Infinite New Directions -- 6. A Regional Center for Academic Excellence: Between Tuscaloosa and Montgomery -- 7. Campus Militancy Grows: A Past Still Present -- 8. In Defense of Reason -- 9. May 1970: Days of Rage and Reason.

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