Richmond 34 and the Civil Rights Movement

by Raymond Pierre Hylton and Kimberly A. Matthews

Book Overview

February 22, 1960, bore witness to an event that would forever change the social, political, and economic life of a city, a state, and millions of inhabitants. The arrest of 34 Virginia Union University students during a sit-in protest at the most upscale department store in Richmond, Virginia, heralded the upending of a long-established way of life and a change of direction from which there would be no turning back. The students would see their actions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467104515
• ISBN13: 9781467104517
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"