Faith in Black Power: Religion, Race, and Resistance in Cairo, Illinois

by Kerry Pimblott

Book Overview

In 1969, nineteen-year-old Robert Hunt was found dead in the Cairo, Illinois, police station. The white authorities ruled the death a suicide, but many members of the African American community believed that Hunt had been murdered -- a sentiment that sparked rebellions and protests across the city. Cairo suddenly emerged as an important battleground for black survival in America and became a focus for many civil rights groups, including the NAACP...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813178479
• ISBN13: 9780813178479
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher