Black Struggle, Red Scare: Segregation and Anti-Communism in the South, 1948--1968

by Jeff Woods

Book Overview

At the height of the cold war, southern segregationists exploited the reigning mood of anxiety by linking the civil rights movement to an international Communist conspiracy. Jeff Woods tells a gripping story of fervent crusaders for racial equality swept into the maelstrom of the South's siege mentality, of crafty political opportunists who played upon white southerners' very real fear of Communists, and of a people who saw lurking enemies and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807129267
• ISBN13: 9780807129265
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"