"Zhang's work gets us back to basics in reminding us of the fundamental historical forces that led to the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955." -- American Historical Review

• Chapter One The Legacy of the Civil War; Chapter Two Black Great Migrations; Chapter Three Crisis, Opportunity and the Growth of African Americans' Political Consciousness; Chapter Four The Expansion of Social Basis; Chapter Five Eve of the African American Civil Rights Movement; Chapter Six American Federal Supreme Court Decisions on Civil Rights Cases; conclusion Conclusion;

"Zhang's work gets us back to basics in reminding us of the fundamental historical forces that led to the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955." -- American Historical Review

• Chapter One The Legacy of the Civil War; Chapter Two Black Great Migrations; Chapter Three Crisis, Opportunity and the Growth of African Americans' Political Consciousness; Chapter Four The Expansion of Social Basis; Chapter Five Eve of the African American Civil Rights Movement; Chapter Six American Federal Supreme Court Decisions on Civil Rights Cases; conclusion Conclusion;

"Zhang's work gets us back to basics in reminding us of the fundamental historical forces that led to the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955." -- American Historical Review

• Chapter One The Legacy of the Civil War; Chapter Two Black Great Migrations; Chapter Three Crisis, Opportunity and the Growth of African Americans' Political Consciousness; Chapter Four The Expansion of Social Basis; Chapter Five Eve of the African American Civil Rights Movement; Chapter Six American Federal Supreme Court Decisions on Civil Rights Cases; conclusion Conclusion;