Richmond 34 and the Civil Rights Movement (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781467104517)

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 galvanize a community into effecting wide-ranging reforms in desegregation and play a significant role in ending the nearly 70-year grip on power of one of the nation's strongest political machines. Bafflingly, their achievement faded into obscurity, and only in recent years has its importance been recognized.

Author: Kimberly a. Matthews, Raymond Pierre Hylton
ISBN-10: 1467104515
ISBN-13: 9781467104517
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2020
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.50w x 0.50d