In January of 1950; Mary Church Terrell; an 86-year-old charter member of the NAACP; headed into Thompson's Restaurant; just a few blocks from the White House; and requested to be served. She and her companions were informed by the manager that they could not eat in his establishment; because they were "colored." Terrell; a former suffragette and one of the country's first college-educated African American women; took the matter to court. Three years later; the Supreme Court vindicated her outrage: District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.; Inc. was decided in June 1953; invalidating the segregation of restaurants and cafes in the nation's capital. In Just Another Southern Town; Joan Quigley recounts an untold chapter of the civil rights movement: an epic battle to topple segregation in Washington; the symbolic home of American democracy. At the book's heart is the formidable Mary Church Terrell and the test case she mounts seeking to enforce Reconstruction-era laws prohibiting segregation in D.C. restaurants. Through the prism of Terrell's story; Quigley reassesses Washington's relationship to civil rights history; bringing to life a pivotal fight for equality that erupted five years before Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a Montgomery bus and a decade before the student sit-in movement rocked segregated lunch counters across the South. At a time when most civil rights scholarship begins with Brown v. Board of Education; Just Another Southern Town unearths the story of the nation's capital as an early flashpoint on race. A rich portrait of American politics and society in the mid-20th century; it interweaves Terrell's narrative with the courtroom drama of the case and the varied personalities of the justices who ultimately voted unanimously to prohibit segregated restaurants. Resonating with gestures of courage and indignation that radiate from the capital's streets and sidewalks to its marble-clad seats of power; this work restores Mary Church Terrell and the case that launched a crusade to their rightful place in the pantheon of civil rights history.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy roshan enamthe case of caliphate is put forward on very strong valid evidences; kind of must read book.18 of 18 people found the following review helpful. A Must Read - A Major Contribution to the Study of Islamic Politics.By Ali HarfouchThis book is a must read for any analyst; student; or professor of Middle Eastern Studies and/or Islamic studies. It provides a coherent overview of the various discourses regarding the Caliphate and the concept of 'State' in Islam. But most importantly it does so without retorting to a "liberal yardstick" as the author put it and avoids the debilitating analytical categories ("Extremist/Fundamentalist v. "Traditionalist" v. "Modernist"). This provides readers with a radically more appropriate analytical framework which goes beyond Modern and Post-Modern assumptions. Dr. Reza Pankhurst draws out the general blueprint for this normative-framework; which is without doubt a major contribution to the academic study of Islam and "Political Islam".Through this normative-framework; Dr. Pankhurst examines the concept of State and the Caliphate in the discourse of:The Muslim BrotherhoodHizb ut-TahrirAl-QaedaTanzeem al-IslamiJama'atul MuslimeenAnd al-MurabitunIn doing so he provides insight into the method-of-thinking and the conceptual frameworks employed by these movements as opposed to arbitrarily putting them into pre-constructed Euro-centric labels. More so; by providing us with insight into the method-of-thinking and the conceptual frameworks employed by these movements the author gives us the tools needed to contextualize and of course analyze the policies of these movements.Lastly; it is quite a relief that there is finally a reference that I can point to when asked for a book on "Political Islam" or "Islamic Politics". A reference which is both objective and enlightening.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. It is a must read for those who have only heard of the caliphate from the media or terrorists.By Shoaib AliA nice read and as others have pointed out does a good job of introducing the post-caliphate movements without resorting to apologia. However; personally; I think he could have dedicated some more ink to; at least; Tanzeem-e-Islami. For example; the concept of "theo-democracy" that is so pivotal to Tanzeem - and probably an important viewpoint in the grand picture - leaves the reader un-satiated.Overall the author has done a good job of explaining the different connotations of caliphate especially as espoused by the Muslims; and how while it is a unifying concept but at the same time very diverse understandings of it exist in differing socio-political environments. It is a must read for those who have only heard of the caliphate from the media or terrorists.
