A Decisive Decade: An Insider's View of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s

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Copyright © 2013 by Robert B. McKersie All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 16 15 14 13 4 3 2 1 Publication was partially supported by a grant from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McKersie, Robert B. A decisive decade : an insider’s view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s / Robert B. McKersie ; with a foreword by James R. Ralph Jr. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8093-3244-1 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8093-3244-2 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-80933245 -8 (ebook) (print) — ISBN 0-8093-3245-0 (ebook) 1. McKersie, Robert B. 2. African American civil rights workers—Illinois—Chicago—Biography 3. African Americans —Civil rights—Illinois—Chicago—History—20th century. 4. Civil rights movements—Illinois—Chicago— History—20th century. 5. Civil rights workers—Illinois— Chicago—Biography 6. Chicago (Ill.)—Race relations. I. Title. F548.9.N4M34 2013 323.092—dc23 [B] 2012040463 Printed on recycled paper. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1992. To the memory of two ministers who were not afraid to march and in so doing made their mark: Rev. Jack Kent and Rev. W. Alvin Pitcher ...