Chapter Eight. “The Law of the Land”: Federal Intervention and the Civil Rights Act

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter One. “The City Too Busy to Hate”: Atlanta and the Politics of Progress 19
7. Chapter Two. From Radicalism to “Respectability”: Race, Residence, and Segregationist Strategy 42
8. Chapter Three. From Community to Individuality: Race, Residence, and Segregationist Ideology 78
9. Chapter Four. The Abandonment of Public Space: Desegregation,Privatization,and the Tax Revolt 105
10. Chapter Five. The “Second Battle of Atlanta”: Massive Resistance and the Divided Middle Class 131
11. Chapter Six. The Fight for “Freedom of Association”: School Desegregation and White Withdrawal 161
12. Chapter Seven. Collapse of the Coalition: Sit-Ins and the Business Rebellion 180
13. Chapter Eight. “The Law of the Land”: Federal Intervention and the Civil Rights Act 205
14. Chapter Nine. City Limits: Urban Separatism and Suburban Secession 234
15. Epilogue: The Legacies of White Flight 259
16. Abbreviations 267
17. Notes 269
18. Index 313