{"product_id":"citizens-council","title":"Citizens' Council","description":" This in-depth account of the rise\u003cbr\u003e   and decline of the Citizens' Councils of America details the organization's\u003cbr\u003e   role in the massive resistance to school desegregation in the South following\u003cbr\u003e   the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision. Included are a new preface and\u003cbr\u003e   updated bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e  \"A tour de force of research and\u003cbr\u003e   narration. . . in highly readable style. [McMillen] . . . seems to have read\u003cbr\u003e   everything the historical record has to offer on the subject and to have known\u003cbr\u003e   exactly what to make of it. . . Himself squarely on the side of the future,\u003cbr\u003e   he is sensitive to the anguish that prompted the hysteria of the misguided racist. . . .\u003cbr\u003e   By any test, a masterful study.\" -- \u003cb\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"Takes seriously the people who\u003cbr\u003e   made the movement, when ridicule and caricature would have been an easier analytical\u003cbr\u003e   technique. Solidly researched and well written. . . an intriguing story.\" --\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eAugustus M. Burns\u003c\/b\u003e, Social Studies\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54244502405464,"sku":"9780252064418","price":42.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780252064418.jpg?v=1779258637","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/citizens-council","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}