Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. ABBREVIATIONS xi
4. KEY ACTORS AND THEIR ROLES, 1963–1969 xiii
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1 A Plantation System: Desegregation 5
8. Chapter 2 Like Bare Skin and Putting Salt on It: First Encounters 32
9. Chapter 3 Rights, as Opposed to Privileges: Race and Space 60
10. Chapter 4 We Were Their Sons and Daughters: Occupation of University House 102
11. Chapter 5 Hope Takes Its Last Stand: The Silent Vigil 125
12. Chapter 6 Humiliating to Plead for Our Humanity: Negotiations 160
13. Chapter 7 Now They Know, and They Ain’t Gonna Do: Planning 182
14. Chapter 8 No Option to Negotiate: Confrontation 208
15. Chapter 9 We Shall Have Cocktails in the Gloaming: Aftermath 242
16. Epilogue: Something Has to Change—2019, Fifty Years Later 276
17. Notes 287
18. Bibliography 347
19. Index 357