John Dittmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3957013 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Dittmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Dittmer |
| SIGNATURE | DITTMER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | DePauw University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Free the Land
On March 31, 1968, several dozen Black activists signed a document calling for “the complete independence and statehood of the black nation, which they named the Republic of New Afrika (Rna)” (p. 1). Specifically, they called for Black control of six Deep South states and a reparations settlement from the U.S. government. In Free the Land, Edward Onaci tells the story of this movement, focusing on the individuals who made it happen. The principal…
Nannie Helen Burroughs
In a public career that spanned six decades, the educator and civil rights activist Nannie Helen Burroughs was a leading voice in the African American community. She founded the National Training School for Women and Girls in 1909 and was a key figure in the Women's Convention of the National Baptist Church. In this collection of documents, the historian Kelisha B. Graves focuses on Burroughs's published writings on race and racism, women's right…
Jane Hearn, editor. A Past That Won’t Rest
Looking back on the black freedom struggle of the 1950s and 1960s, certain images stand out: Birmingham police unleashing their dogs on demonstrating children; marchers attacked by law enforcement officers on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge; the haunting photo of Emmett Till in his coffin. These and other images sent shockwaves across the country, revealing the grim reality of life in the Jim Crow South. Photographers also captured the courage and t…
Sanctuaries of Segregation
The year 1963 was one of explosive civil rights activity and brutal white repression across the South, including Mississippi. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was running voter registration campaigns in the delta and planning for a protest “freedom vote” in the fall. A boycott of downtown merchants in Jackson attracted national attention, culminating in the assassination of National Association for the Advancement of Colored P…
The Medical Committee for Human Rights
The Medical Committee for Human Rights was organized in New York in the spring of 1964 as a support group for civil rights workers in Mississippi. That summer upwards of a thousand volunteers, most of them white northern college students, would travel to the Magnolia State to register voters, work in community centers, and teach in the new Freedom Schools [1]
The Good Doctors
Award-winning historian Dittmer gives an insightful and inspiring account of a group of courageous doctors and nurses who fought the battle for racial justice in hospitals, clinics, and on the streets in the 1960s. b&w illustrations throughout
Lost Revolutions
Figures of the Civil Rights Movement
Probably the most important thing to know about this documentary is that it attempts to deal with both the sit-ins and the Little Rock Nine in eighteen minutes. The sit-in segment is limited to the Nashville movement and features interviews with Diane Nash and John Lewis. The former high school students Melba Pattilo Beals and Terrence Roberts comment on the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. This documentary …
The From Slavery to Freedom Fiftieth Anniversary Symposium, September 19-20, 1997
I've Got the Light of Freedom
Essays on the American Civil Rights Movement
As its name suggests, the civil rights movement is an ongoing process, and the scholars contributing to this volume offer new geographical and temporal perspectives on this crucial American experience. As Clayborne Carson notes in the introduction, the movement involved much more than civil rights reform--it transformed African-American political and social consciousness. In this timely volume John Dittmer provides a new assessment of the effects…
Local People
Murder in Mississippi
Murder in Mississippi: The Price of Freedom. Prod. by Anthony Potter. ABC News, 1994. 52 mins. (Films for the Humanities and Sciences, P.O. Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543) John Dittmer John Dittmer DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 3, December 1995, Pages 1326–1327, https://doi.org/10.2307/2945296 Published: 01 December 1995
Inside Agitators
Journal Article Inside Agitators: White Southerners in the Civil Rights Movement. By David L. Chappell. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. xxviii, 303 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-8018-4685-4.) and Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. By John Dittmer. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994. x, 530 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-252-02102-9.) Get access Robert J. Norrell Robert J. Norrell University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala…
Local people
For decades the most racially repressive state in the nation fought bitterly and violently to maintain white supremacy. John Dittmer traces the monumental battle waged by civil rights organizations and by local people, particularly courageous members of the black communities who were willing to put their lives on the line to establish basic human rights for all citizens of the state. Local People tells the whole grim story in depth for the first …
Essays on the American Civil Rights Movement
Journal Article Essays on the American Civil Rights Movement. By John Dittmer, George C. Wright, and W. Marvin Dulaney. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1993. xiv, 95 pp. $22.50, ISBN 0-89096-540-4.) Get access Ghana Kai Lee Ghana Kai Lee Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2, September 1994, Page 747, https://d…
The Most Southern Place on Earth
Journal Article The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity. By James C. Cobb. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. xvi, 391 pp. $27.30, ISBN 0-19-504540-8.) Get access John Dittmer John Dittmer DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 3, December 1993, Pages 1084–1085, https://d…
Martin & Malcolm & America
Journal Article Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare. By James H. Cone. (Maryknoll: Orbis, 1991. xviii + 358 pp. $22.95, ISBN 0-88344-721-5.) and Hope and History: Why We Must Share the Story of the Movement. By Vincent Harding. (Maryknoll: Orbis, 1990. xiv + 249 pp. Paper, $9.95, ISBN 0-88344-664-2.) Get access Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare. By Cone James H.. (Maryknoll: Orbis, 1991. xviii + 358 pp. $22.95, ISB…
The Movement as History
Urban Vigilantes in the New South
Back to Birmingham
Journal Article Back to Birmingham: Richard Arrington, Jr., and His Times. By Jimmie Lewis Franklin. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1989. xii + 363 pp. $28.50.) Get access John Dittmer John Dittmer DePauw University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 2, September 1990, Pages 735–736, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079326 Published: 01 September 1990
We Are Not Afraid
Journal Article We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney and the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi. By Seth Cagin and Philip Dray. (New York: Macmillan, 1988. xi + 500 pp. $22.50.) Get access John Dittmer John Dittmer DePauw University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 2, September 1989, Pages 657–658, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908104 Pub…
The Civil Rights Movement in America
Black Labor in the South
Journal Article Black Labor in the South: Richmond, Virginia, 1865–1890. By Peter J. Rachleff. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1984. xi + 249 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes, note on the primary sources, and index. $34.95.) Get access John Dittmer John Dittmer Providence, Rhode Island Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 71, Issue 4, March 1985, Page 872, https://doi.or…
Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920
Journal Article Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900–1920. By John Dittmer. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1977. xii + 239 pp. Map, notes, bibliographical note, and index. $12.50.) Get access Howard N. Rabinowitz Howard N. Rabinowitz University of New Mexico Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 65, Issue 4, March 1979, Pages 1161–1162, https://doi.org/10.2307/18…
The From Slavery to Freedom Fiftieth Anniversary Symposium, September 19-20, 1997
Nannie Helen Burroughs
In a public career that spanned six decades, the educator and civil rights activist Nannie Helen Burroughs was a leading voice in the African American community. She founded the National Training School for Women and Girls in 1909 and was a key figure in the Women's Convention of the National Baptist Church. In this collection of documents, the historian Kelisha B. Graves focuses on Burroughs's published writings on race and racism, women's right…
Black Labor in the South
Journal Article Black Labor in the South: Richmond, Virginia, 1865–1890. By Peter J. Rachleff. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1984. xi + 249 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes, note on the primary sources, and index. $34.95.) Get access John Dittmer John Dittmer Providence, Rhode Island Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 71, Issue 4, March 1985, Page 872, https://doi.or…
Sanctuaries of Segregation
The year 1963 was one of explosive civil rights activity and brutal white repression across the South, including Mississippi. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was running voter registration campaigns in the delta and planning for a protest “freedom vote” in the fall. A boycott of downtown merchants in Jackson attracted national attention, culminating in the assassination of National Association for the Advancement of Colored P…
Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920
Journal Article Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900–1920. By John Dittmer. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1977. xii + 239 pp. Map, notes, bibliographical note, and index. $12.50.) Get access Howard N. Rabinowitz Howard N. Rabinowitz University of New Mexico Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 65, Issue 4, March 1979, Pages 1161–1162, https://doi.org/10.2307/18…
The Continuing Saga of J. Crow, American
Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920
Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920
Journal Article Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900–1920. By John Dittmer. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1977. xii + 239 pp. Map, notes, bibliographical note, and index. $12.50.) Get access Howard N. Rabinowitz Howard N. Rabinowitz University of New Mexico Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 65, Issue 4, March 1979, Pages 1161–1162, https://doi.org/10.2307/18…
Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920
Black Labor in the South
Journal Article Black Labor in the South: Richmond, Virginia, 1865–1890. By Peter J. Rachleff. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1984. xi + 249 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes, note on the primary sources, and index. $34.95.) Get access John Dittmer John Dittmer Providence, Rhode Island Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 71, Issue 4, March 1985, Page 872, https://doi.or…
The Civil Rights Movement in America
We Are Not Afraid
Journal Article We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney and the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi. By Seth Cagin and Philip Dray. (New York: Macmillan, 1988. xi + 500 pp. $22.50.) Get access John Dittmer John Dittmer DePauw University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 2, September 1989, Pages 657–658, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908104 Pub…
The Movement as History
Urban Vigilantes in the New South
Back to Birmingham
Journal Article Back to Birmingham: Richard Arrington, Jr., and His Times. By Jimmie Lewis Franklin. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1989. xii + 363 pp. $28.50.) Get access John Dittmer John Dittmer DePauw University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 2, September 1990, Pages 735–736, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079326 Published: 01 September 1990
Martin & Malcolm & America
Journal Article Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare. By James H. Cone. (Maryknoll: Orbis, 1991. xviii + 358 pp. $22.95, ISBN 0-88344-721-5.) and Hope and History: Why We Must Share the Story of the Movement. By Vincent Harding. (Maryknoll: Orbis, 1990. xiv + 249 pp. Paper, $9.95, ISBN 0-88344-664-2.) Get access Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare. By Cone James H.. (Maryknoll: Orbis, 1991. xviii + 358 pp. $22.95, ISB…
The Most Southern Place on Earth
Journal Article The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity. By James C. Cobb. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. xvi, 391 pp. $27.30, ISBN 0-19-504540-8.) Get access John Dittmer John Dittmer DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 3, December 1993, Pages 1084–1085, https://d…
Local people
For decades the most racially repressive state in the nation fought bitterly and violently to maintain white supremacy. John Dittmer traces the monumental battle waged by civil rights organizations and by local people, particularly courageous members of the black communities who were willing to put their lives on the line to establish basic human rights for all citizens of the state. Local People tells the whole grim story in depth for the first …
Essays on the American Civil Rights Movement
Journal Article Essays on the American Civil Rights Movement. By John Dittmer, George C. Wright, and W. Marvin Dulaney. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1993. xiv, 95 pp. $22.50, ISBN 0-89096-540-4.) Get access Ghana Kai Lee Ghana Kai Lee Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2, September 1994, Page 747, https://d…
Murder in Mississippi
Murder in Mississippi: The Price of Freedom. Prod. by Anthony Potter. ABC News, 1994. 52 mins. (Films for the Humanities and Sciences, P.O. Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543) John Dittmer John Dittmer DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 3, December 1995, Pages 1326–1327, https://doi.org/10.2307/2945296 Published: 01 December 1995
Inside Agitators
Journal Article Inside Agitators: White Southerners in the Civil Rights Movement. By David L. Chappell. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. xxviii, 303 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-8018-4685-4.) and Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. By John Dittmer. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994. x, 530 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-252-02102-9.) Get access Robert J. Norrell Robert J. Norrell University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala…
I've Got the Light of Freedom
Essays on the American Civil Rights Movement
As its name suggests, the civil rights movement is an ongoing process, and the scholars contributing to this volume offer new geographical and temporal perspectives on this crucial American experience. As Clayborne Carson notes in the introduction, the movement involved much more than civil rights reform--it transformed African-American political and social consciousness. In this timely volume John Dittmer provides a new assessment of the effects…
Local People
The From Slavery to Freedom Fiftieth Anniversary Symposium, September 19-20, 1997
Lost Revolutions
Figures of the Civil Rights Movement
Probably the most important thing to know about this documentary is that it attempts to deal with both the sit-ins and the Little Rock Nine in eighteen minutes. The sit-in segment is limited to the Nashville movement and features interviews with Diane Nash and John Lewis. The former high school students Melba Pattilo Beals and Terrence Roberts comment on the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. This documentary …
The Good Doctors
Award-winning historian Dittmer gives an insightful and inspiring account of a group of courageous doctors and nurses who fought the battle for racial justice in hospitals, clinics, and on the streets in the 1960s. b&w illustrations throughout
The Medical Committee for Human Rights
The Medical Committee for Human Rights was organized in New York in the spring of 1964 as a support group for civil rights workers in Mississippi. That summer upwards of a thousand volunteers, most of them white northern college students, would travel to the Magnolia State to register voters, work in community centers, and teach in the new Freedom Schools [1]
Sanctuaries of Segregation
The year 1963 was one of explosive civil rights activity and brutal white repression across the South, including Mississippi. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was running voter registration campaigns in the delta and planning for a protest “freedom vote” in the fall. A boycott of downtown merchants in Jackson attracted national attention, culminating in the assassination of National Association for the Advancement of Colored P…
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