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The Civil Rights Movement: Seminar Studies in History

Autor Bruce J. Dierenfield
en Limba Engleză Paperback – aug 2008
The civil rights movement was arguably the most important reform in American history. This book recounts the extraordinary and often bloody story of how tens of thousands of ordinary African-Americans overcame long odds to dethrone segregation, to exercise the right to vote and to improve their economic standing.
Organized in a clear chronological fashion, the book shows how concerted pressure in a variety of forms ultimately carried the day in realizing a more just society for African- Americans. It will provide students of American history with an invaluable, comprehensive introduction to the Civil Rights Movement.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405874359
ISBN-10: 140587435X
Pagini: 179
Dimensiuni: 170 x 236 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Longman Publishing Group
Seria Seminar Studies in History

Locul publicării:Harlow, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Chronology
Abbreviations
Who’s Who
Glossary
Maps
List of plates
PART ONE: The Mississippi Plan

1. Jim Crow South

PART TWO:  The New Negro
2. Origins of the Movement
3. The Brown Decision
4. Little Rock Crisis
PART THREE:  Freedom Bound
5. Montgomery Bus Boycott
6. Sit-Ins
7. Freedom Ride
8. Battle Of Ole Miss
9. Bombingham
10. March On Washington
PART FOUR:  The Movement Fractures
11. Freedom Summer
12. Bloody Sunday
PART FIVE: The Dream Deferred
13. Black Power
 Assessment

PART SIX: DOCUMENTS

FURTHER READING
INDEX

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The civil rights movement was arguably the most important reform in American history. This book recounts the extraordinary and often bloody story of how tens of thousands of ordinary African-Americans overcame long odds to dethrone segregation, to exercise the right to vote and to improve their economic standing. Their civil rights movement required unfathomable courage and persistent agitation, during which many activists sacrificed their homes, jobs and lives.

Written in a lively and accessible style, the book:

  • Provides a detailed discussion of the racism that accompanied slavery in America and thereafter consigned African-Americans to an inferior position
  • Addresses the actions of racists, liberals, and reformers and radicals
  • Discusses local reformers who laboured for years to get the movement off the ground
  • Provides documents covering the most important aspects of the modern civil rights movement
  • Contains Maps and Photographs, as well as a Glossary, Chronology, a Who's Who list of key figures, and a Guide to Further Reading.

Organized in a clear chronological fashion, the book shows how concerted pressure in a variety of forms ultimately carried the day in realizing a more just society for African- Americans. It will provide students of American history with an invaluable, comprehensive introduction to the Civil Rights Movement.

Bruce J. Dierenfield is Peter Canisius Distinguished Teaching Professor of American History at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, where he directs the All-College Honors Program and the African-American Experience.