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"J. Mills Thornton's contribution to our understanding of the modern civil right movement is substantial, if idiosyncratic, and does much to dispel simplistic views that dominate public discourse. [T]his is an important, deeply researched, provocative and often compelling book that will supplant, if not replace, many of our standard accounts of the modern civil rights movement."Thornton, J. Mills, III is the author of 'Dividing Lines Municipal Politics and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma' with ISBN 9780817311704 and ISBN 081731170X.
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