Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings: The Congress of Racial Equality in Brooklyn [Inscribed]

Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2013. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Octavo (23.5cm); grey cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; x,353,[9]pp; illus. Generically inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "Brooklyn, represent! / Brian Purnell." Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, with some trivial external wear. A study of the Brooklyn chapter of CORE, founded in the summer of 1960, that "immediately became a leader in the fight against northern forms of Jim Crow racism...Brian Purnell explores the chapter's efforts to shape the northern civil rights debate around issues of economic justice and social equality. He documents their nonviolent protests, which helped establish CORE's reputation as one of the most dynamic civil rights organizations of the era" (from front flap). 82643. (Inventory #: 82643)