The Citizens' Council: Organized Resistance to the Second Reconstruction, 1954-64

by Neil R. McMillen

Book Overview

This in-depth account of the rise
and decline of the Citizens' Councils of America details the organization's
role in the massive resistance to school desegregation in the South following
the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision. Included are a new preface and
updated bibliography.
"A tour de force of research and
narration. . . in highly readable style. McMillen] . . . seems to have read
everything the historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252064410
• ISBN13: 9780252064418
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"