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Fighting Back: A Life in the Struggle for Civil Rights (University of Nevada Oral History Program) by from oral history interviews with James B. McMillan; conducted by Gary E. Elliott; a narrative interpretation by R.T. King is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Fighting Back: A Life in the Struggle for Civil Rights (University of Nevada Oral History Program) about?

Fighting Back Is James B. Mcmillan's Memoir Of A Life Spent Fighting Racial Discrimination In Its Many Forms, And Beating It. This Is No Plaintive Litany Of Injustices: Mcmillan's Style Is To Confront Problems Directly, Deal With Them, And Move On. His Story Is Personal, But It Is Also Representative Of The Experiences Of Thousands Of Other African-americans Who Stood And Fought To Achieve Equality Under The Law. In 1955 Mcmillan Moved His Family To Las Vegas. He Liked The Place From The Beginning - It Was A Twenty-four Hour Town, With Lots Of Live Entertainment, Gambling, Sunshine, And Money - But He Encountered The Same Type Of Racial Discrimination There That He Had Lived With All Of His Life. He Would Not Put Up With It. Within A Year Of His Arrival He Was Speaking Out And Attacking Segregation In Las Vegas With Such Passion And Vehemence That He Was Elected President Of The Local Branch Of The Naacp. Under His Leadership, And Following The Example Of Civil Rights Activists In The South, The Branch Was Soon Taking Direct, Confrontational Action To End Overt Segregation On The Las Vegas Strip; And In 1960, End It They Did, In Dramatic And Surprising Fashion. Mcmillan's Story Doe

Author

from oral history interviews with James B. McMillan; conducted by Gary E. Elliott; a narrative interpretation by R.T. King

Publisher

University of Nevada Oral History Program

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781564753748

Subjects

History, Sociology, Biography