{"product_id":"carry-it-on-the-war-on-poverty-and-the-civil-rights-movement-in-alabama-1964-1972-9780820330518","title":"Carry It On: The War on Poverty and the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, 1964-1972","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarry It On\u003c\/i\u003e is an in-depth study of how the local struggle for equality in Alabama fared in the wake of new federal laws--the Civil Rights Act, the Economic Opportunity Act, and the Voting Rights Act. Susan Youngblood Ashmore provides a sharper definition to changes set in motion by the fall of legal segregation. She focuses her detailed story on the Alabama Black Belt and on the local projects funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), the federal agency that supported programs in a variety of cities and towns in Alabama. Black Belt activists who used OEO funds understood that the structural underpinnings of poverty were key components of white supremacy, says Ashmore. They were motivated not only to end poverty but also to force local governments to comply with new federal legislation aimed at achieving racial equality on a number of fronts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAshmore looks closely at the interactions among local activists, elected officials, businesspeople, landowners, bureaucrats, and others who were involved in or affected by OEO projects. \u003ci\u003eCarry It On\u003c\/i\u003e offers a nuanced picture of the OEO, an agency too broadly criticized; a new look at the rise of southern Black Power; and a compelling portrait of local citizens struggling for control over their own lives. Ashmore provides a more complete understanding of how southerners worked to define for themselves how freedom would come during the years shaped by the civil rights movement and the war on poverty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Youngblood Ashmore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.14w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820330518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/24\/2008 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSUSAN YOUNGBLOOD ASHMORE is a professor of history at Oxford College of Emory University. She is the author of\u003ci\u003e Carry It On: The War on Poverty and the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, 1964-1972.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40265612263539,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c6437f8c-4336-480a-a8e3-f81280a0dc0e.jpg?v=1657721790","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/carry-it-on-the-war-on-poverty-and-the-civil-rights-movement-in-alabama-1964-1972-9780820330518","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}