Victory Without Violence: The First Ten Years of the St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality (Core), 1947-1957

by Margaret W. Dagen and Mary Kimbrough

Winner, Missouri Conference on History Book Award, 2001

Victory without Violence is the story of a small, integrated group of St. Louisans who carried out sustained campaigns from 1947 to 1957 that were among the earliest in the nation to end racial segregation in public accommodations. Guided by Gandhian principles of nonviolent direct action, the St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality (CORE) conducted negotiations, demonstrations,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826213030
• ISBN13: 9780826213037
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5