I am a man! race, manhood, and the civil rights movement / Steve Estes.

Author/creator Estes, Steve, 1972-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionx, 239 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects
African Americans--Civil rights. --History. --20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States. --History. --20th century.
African American civil rights workers--Attitudes. --History. --20th century.
African American men--Attitudes. --History. --20th century.
Rhetoric--Political aspects. --United States. --History. --20th century.
Masculinity--Political aspects. --United States. --History. --20th century.
Sex role--Political aspects. --United States. --History. --20th century.
Sexism--United States. --History. --20th century.
Racism--United States. --History. --20th century.
United States--Race relations.

Contents Introduction : am I not a man and a brother? -- Man the guns -- A question of honor -- Freedom summer and the Mississippi movement -- God's angry men -- The Moynihan report -- I am a man! : the Memphis sanitation strike -- "The baddest motherfuckers ever to set foot inside of history" -- Conclusion : "the heartz of men."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2004019092
ISBN0807829293 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807855936 (pbk. : alk. paper)