Selma to Saigon: The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813168463)

The civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements were the two greatest protests of twentieth-century America. The dramatic escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam in 1965 took precedence over civil rights legislation, which had dominated White House and congressional attention during the first half of the decade. The two issues became intertwined on January 6, 1966, when the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) became the first civil rights organization to formally oppose t

Author: Daniel S. Lucks
ISBN-10: 0813168465
ISBN-13: 9780813168463
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 01/17/2017
Pages: 394
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d