Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century – serie
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Democracy Rising
South Carolina and the Fight for Black Equality since 1865
Av Peter F Lau
Inbunden, 2006
587 kr
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A comprehensive history of the African American fight for racial equality from the standpoint of the civil rights movement in South Carolina, Democracy Rising examines the struggle from the end of the Civil War through the modern civil rights movement of the 1960s. In an effort to broaden our …
Becoming King
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Making of a National Leader
Av Troy Jackson
Inbunden, 2008
828 kr
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Without question, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is the face of the civil rights revolution that reshaped the social and political landscape of the United States. Although many biographers and historians have examined Dr. King's activism, few have recognized the pivotal role that the people of …
After the Dream
Black and White Southerners since 1965
Av Timothy J Minchin, John A Salmond
Inbunden, 2011
736 kr
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Martin Luther King's 1965 address from Montgomery, Alabama, the center of much racial conflict at the time and the location of the well-publicized bus boycott a decade earlier, is often considered by historians to be the culmination of the civil rights era in American history. In his momentous …
Constructing Affirmative Action
The Struggle for Equal Employment Opportunity
Inbunden, 2011
816 kr
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Between 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson defined affirmative action as a legitimate federal goal, and 1972, when President Richard M. Nixon named one of affirmative action's chief antagonists the head of the Department of Labor, government officials at all levels addressed racial economic …
Civil Rights in the Gateway to the South
Louisville, Kentucky, 1945-1980
Häftad, 2010
533 kr
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The struggles of the civil rights movement were not limited to the Deep South. Although states like Alabama and Mississippi receive the most attention from historians, civil rights leaders were active across the country, challenging racial stereotypes and working to end discrimination in cities …
Freedom's Main Line
The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides
Häftad, 2011
517 kr
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In 1961, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and other civil rights groups began organizing the Freedom Rides. The Freedom Riders were volunteers of different backgrounds who travelled on buses throughout the American South to help enforce the Supreme Court ruling that had declared racial …
Becoming King
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Making of a National Leader
Av Troy Jackson
Häftad, 2011
410 kr
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Without question, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is the face of the civil rights revolution that reshaped the social and political landscape of the United States. Although many biographers and historians have examined Dr. King's activism, few have recognized the pivotal role that the people of …
Freedom Rights
New Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement
Av Danielle L McGuire, John Dittmer
Inbunden, 2011
347 kr
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In his seminal article "Freedom Then, Freedom Now," renowned civil rights historian Steven F. Lawson described his vision for the future study of the civil rights movement. Lawson called for a deeper examination of the social, economic, and political factors that influenced the movement's …
Thunder of Freedom
Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi
Inbunden, 2013
608 kr
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The world's eyes were on Mississippi during the summer of 1964, when civil rights activists launched an ambitious African American voter registration project and were met with violent resistance from white supremacists. Sue Sojourner and her husband arrived in Holmes County, Mississippi, in the …
Sidelined
How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle
Inbunden, 2013
595 kr
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In 1968, noted sociologist Harry Edwards established the Olympic Project for Human Rights, calling for a boycott of that year's games in Mexico City as a demonstration against racial discrimination in the United States and around the world. Though the boycott never materialized, Edwards's ideas …
Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings
The Congress of Racial Equality in Brooklyn
Inbunden, 2013
1030 kr
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The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) established a reputation as one of the most important civil rights organizations of the early 1960s. In the wake of the southern student sit-ins, CORE created new chapters all over the country, including one in Brooklyn, New York, which quickly established …
Roy Wilkins
The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP
Av Yvonne Ryan
Inbunden, 2013
1013 kr
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Roy Wilkins (1901--1981) spent forty-six years of his life serving the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and led the organization for more than twenty years. Under his leadership, the NAACP spearheaded efforts that contributed to landmark civil rights legislation, …
In Peace and Freedom
My Journey in Selma
Av Bernard LaFayette, Kathryn Lee Johnson
Inbunden, 2013
867 kr
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Bernard LaFayette Jr. (b. 1940) was a cofounder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a leader in the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins, a Freedom Rider, an associate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the national coordinator …
River of Hope
Black Politics and the Memphis Freedom Movement, 1865--1954
Inbunden, 2014
736 kr
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One of the largest southern cities and a hub for the cotton industry, Memphis, Tennessee, was at the forefront of black political empowerment during the Jim Crow era. Compared to other cities in the South, Memphis had an unusually large number of African American voters. Black Memphians sought …
Selma to Saigon
The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War
Inbunden, 2014
1030 kr
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The civil rights and anti--Vietnam War movements were the two greatest protests of twentieth-century America. The dramatic escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam in 1965 took precedence over civil rights legislation, which had dominated White House and congressional attention during the first …
Art for Equality
The NAACP's Cultural Campaign for Civil Rights
Inbunden, 2014
663 kr
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest civil rights organization, having dedicated itself to the fight for racial equality since 1909. While the group helped achieve substantial victories in the courtroom, the struggle for civil rights extended …
In Remembrance of Emmett Till
Regional Stories and Media Responses to the Black Freedom Struggle
Av Darryl Mace
Inbunden, 2014
608 kr
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On August 28, 1955, fourteen-year-old Chicago native Emmett Till was brutally beaten to death for allegedly flirting with a white woman at a grocery store in Money, Mississippi. Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam were acquitted of murdering Till and dumping his body in the Tallahatchie River, and later …
For a Voice and the Vote
My Journey with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Inbunden, 2015
781 kr
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During the summer of 1964, hundreds of American college students descended on Mississippi to help the state's African American citizens register to vote. Student organizers, volunteers, and community members canvassed black neighborhoods to organize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), …
Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings
The Congress of Racial Equality in Brooklyn
Häftad, 2015
503 kr
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The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) established a reputation as one of the most important civil rights organizations of the early 1960s. In the wake of the southern student sit-ins, CORE created new chapters all over the country, including one in Brooklyn, New York, which quickly established …
In Peace and Freedom
My Journey in Selma
Av Bernard LaFayette, Kathryn Lee Johnson m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
471 kr
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Bernard LaFayette Jr. (b. 1940) was a cofounder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a leader in the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins, a Freedom Rider, an associate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the national coordinator …
James and Esther Cooper Jackson
Love and Courage in the Black Freedom Movement
Inbunden, 2015
1062 kr
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James Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson grew up understanding that opportunities came differently for blacks and whites, men and women, rich and poor. In turn, they devoted their lives to the fight for equality, serving as career activists throughout the black freedom movement. Having grown up in …
Chicago Freedom Movement
Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North
Av Clayborne Carson, Mary Lou Finley m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
964 kr
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Six months after the Selma to Montgomery marches and just weeks after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a group from Martin Luther King Jr.'s staff arrived in Chicago, eager to apply his nonviolent approach to social change in a northern city. Once there, King's Southern Christian …
Gateway to Equality
Black Women and the Struggle for Economic Justice in St. Louis
Inbunden, 2017
1030 kr
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Like most of the nation during the 1930s, St. Louis, Missouri, was caught in the stifling grip of the Great Depression. For the next thirty years, the "Gateway City" continued to experience significant urban decline as its population swelled and the area's industries stagnated. Over these decades, …
Dream Is Lost
Voting Rights and the Politics of Race in Richmond, Virginia
Inbunden, 2017
1030 kr
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Once the capital of the Confederacy and the industrial hub of slave-based tobacco production, Richmond, Virginia has been largely overlooked in the context of twentieth century urban and political history. By the early 1960s, the city served as an important center for integrated politics, as …
Gateway to Equality
Black Women and the Struggle for Economic Justice in St. Louis
Häftad, 2019
457 kr
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Like most of the nation during the 1930s, St. Louis, Missouri, was caught in the stifling grip of the Great Depression. For the next thirty years, the "Gateway City" continued to experience significant urban decline as its population swelled and the area's industries stagnated. Over these decades, …
For a Voice and the Vote
My Journey with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Häftad, 2019
548 kr
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During the summer of 1964, hundreds of American college students descended on Mississippi to help the state's African American citizens register to vote. Student organizers, volunteers, and community members canvassed black neighborhoods to organize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), …
John Hervey Wheeler, Black Banking, and the Economic Struggle for Civil Rights
Inbunden, 2019
858 kr
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John Hervey Wheeler (1908--1978) was one of the civil rights movement's most influential leaders. In articulating a bold vision of regional prosperity grounded in full citizenship and economic power for African Americans, this banker, lawyer, and visionary would play a key role in the fight for …
Civil Rights Crossroads
Nation, Community, and the Black Freedom Struggle
Häftad, 2006
500 kr
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Over the past thirty years, Steven F. Lawson has established himself as one of the nation's leading historians of the black struggle for equality. Civil Rights Crossroads is an important collection of Lawson's writings about the civil rights movement that is essential reading for anyone concerned …
Subversive Southerner
Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South
Häftad, 2006
485 kr
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With a Foreword by Angela Y. Davis Winner of the 2003 Oral History Association Book AwardWinner of the 2003 Gustavus Myers Center for Human Rights Outstanding Book Award Anne McCarty Braden (1924-2006) was a courageous southern white woman who in the late 1940s rejected her segregationist and …
This Little Light of Mine
The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer
Av Kay Mills
Häftad, 2007
471 kr
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" WITH A FOREWORD BY MARION WRIGHT EDELMAN The award-winning biography of black civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. ""Riveting. Provides a history that helps us to understand the choices made by so many black men and women of Hamer's generation, who somehow found the courage to join a movement …
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