A Stone of Hope

Prophetic Religion and the Death of Jim Crow

• Author(s): David L. Chappell,
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
• Pages: 344
• ISBN_10: 0807856606
  ISBN_13: 9780807856604
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies , History / United States / 20th Century , Political Science / Civil Rights , Social Science / Sociology of Religion ,

Description:... The civil rights movement was arguably the most successful social movement in American history. In a provocative new assessment of its success, David Chappell argues that the story of civil rights is not a story of the ultimate triumph of liberal ideas af