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birmingham alabama black struggle 1956-63 @ civil rights Shuttlesworth by Garrow

$ 26.39

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • what city? what state?: Birmingham, Alabama
  • Provenance: I bought this when it was issued in 1989
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Culture: Black Americana
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Condition: Fine condition. Nearly as new. Book was issued by publisher WITHOUT A DUST JACKET ( The slight "blurriness" on the left side of the contents page is because I didn't want to press down too hard on this fine, tightly bound book - all pages in the book are clear and fine. The tiny "dot" above the "N" in "New York" on the title page is a stray dust mote on my scanner bed ;-)
  • Modified Item: No
  • Restocking Fee: No

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    Birmingham Alabama, 1956-1963: The Black Struggle for Civil Rights
    edited by and with a preface by David J. Garrow; Introduction by William D. Barnard
    Brooklyn, New York: Carlson Publishing Inc., 1989; 1st & only edition; with 299 + (ii) pages, in original hardcover cloth binding. Publisher issued this book WITHOUT A DUST JACKET.
    No illustrations
    .
    Issued in a very small quantity by this scholarly publishing company and primarily sold to libraries & museums.
    Finished size is 6
    1/4
    inches by 9
    1/4
    inches; opens for reading to approx. 12
    1/2
    inches x 9
    1/4
    inches.
    As of 22 March 2021, I could find
    NO OTHER COPY
    of this rare (
    albeit relatively recent
    ) book
    on ebay.
    Largely on the role of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights during Birmingham's struggle of the 1950s & 1960s (see table of contents).
    Fine condition. Nearly as new. Book was issued by publisher WITHOUT A DUST JACKET
    ( The slight "blurriness" on the left side of the contents page is because I didn't want to press down too hard on this fine, tightly bound book - all pages in the book are clear and fine. The tiny "dot" above the "N" in "New York" on the title page is a stray dust mote on my scanner bed ;-)
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