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Drawing on the most recent scholarship, The Civil Rights Movement provides a concise overview of the most important social movement of the 20th century and will expand readers' understanding of the fight for racial equality.
Ideal for research, this one-stop reference provides a unique introduction to the Civil Rights Movement as it includes its development, issues, and leaders. Six essays capture the drama and conflict of the struggle, covering, among other topics, the origins of the movement, the role of women, the battle for racial equality in the North, and the lasting effects of the protests of the 1950s and 1960s. Ready-reference features include a chronology, a bibliography, photographs, and biographical profiles of 20 activists, from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X to Ella Baker and Angela Davis.
The book also contains a selection of primary sources, including presidential addresses, Supreme Court decisions, and FBI reports on Malcolm X and Stokeley Carmichael. Based on the latest scholarship in the field, this guide gives readers all of the analysis and reference sources they need to expand their understanding of the Civil Rights movement.
Ideal for research, this one-stop reference provides a unique introduction to the Civil Rights Movement as it includes its development, issues, and leaders. Six essays capture the drama and conflict of the struggle, covering, among other topics, the origins of the movement, the role of women, the battle for racial equality in the North, and the lasting effects of the protests of the 1950s and 1960s. Ready-reference features include a chronology, a bibliography, photographs, and biographical profiles of 20 activists, from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X to Ella Baker and Angela Davis.
The book also contains a selection of primary sources, including presidential addresses, Supreme Court decisions, and FBI reports on Malcolm X and Stokeley Carmichael. Based on the latest scholarship in the field, this guide gives readers all of the analysis and reference sources they need to expand their understanding of the Civil Rights movement.
Drawing on the most recent scholarship, The Civil Rights Movement provides a concise overview of the most important social movement of the 20th century and will expand readers' understanding of the fight for racial equality.
Ideal for research, this one-stop reference provides a unique introduction to the Civil Rights Movement as it includes its development, issues, and leaders. Six essays capture the drama and conflict of the struggle, covering, among other topics, the origins of the movement, the role of women, the battle for racial equality in the North, and the lasting effects of the protests of the 1950s and 1960s. Ready-reference features include a chronology, a bibliography, photographs, and biographical profiles of 20 activists, from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X to Ella Baker and Angela Davis.
The book also contains a selection of primary sources, including presidential addresses, Supreme Court decisions, and FBI reports on Malcolm X and Stokeley Carmichael. Based on the latest scholarship in the field, this guide gives readers all of the analysis and reference sources they need to expand their understanding of the Civil Rights movement.
Ideal for research, this one-stop reference provides a unique introduction to the Civil Rights Movement as it includes its development, issues, and leaders. Six essays capture the drama and conflict of the struggle, covering, among other topics, the origins of the movement, the role of women, the battle for racial equality in the North, and the lasting effects of the protests of the 1950s and 1960s. Ready-reference features include a chronology, a bibliography, photographs, and biographical profiles of 20 activists, from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X to Ella Baker and Angela Davis.
The book also contains a selection of primary sources, including presidential addresses, Supreme Court decisions, and FBI reports on Malcolm X and Stokeley Carmichael. Based on the latest scholarship in the field, this guide gives readers all of the analysis and reference sources they need to expand their understanding of the Civil Rights movement.
Über den Autor
Peter B. Levy is professor of history at York College, York, PA, USA. He is author of over a dozen books, including The Great Uprising: Race Riots in Urban America during the 1960s.
Zusammenfassung
Ties the historic struggles of the 1950s and 1960s to the movements today against mass incarceration and police abuse
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Series Foreword
Preface to First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Events
Chapter 1. The Modern Civil Rights Movement: An Overview
Chapter 2. Freedom's Coming and It Won't Be Long: The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 3. Mississippi: "Is This America?" A Case Study of the Movement
Chapter 4. In the North Too: The Black Freedom Struggle Outside of Dixie
Chapter 5. Sisterhood Is Powerful: Women and the Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 6. From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter
Biographical Essays
Ella Jo Baker (1903-1986)
Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) (1941-1998)
Septima Clark (1898-1987)
Angela Davis (1944- )
Medgar Evers (1925-1963)
James Farmer (1920-1999)
Fannie Lou Hamer (Townsend) (1917-1977)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
John Lewis (1940- )
Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) (1925-1965)
Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)
Clarence Maurice Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984)
Robert Parris Moses (1935- )
Huey P. Newton (1942-1989)
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913-2005)
A. (Asa) Philip Randolph (1889-1979)
Gloria St. Clair Hayes Richardson (1922- )
Bayard Rustin (1912-1987)
Nina Simone (1933-2003)
Roy Ottoway Wilkins (1901-1981)
Robert F. Williams (1929-1996)
Robert Zellner (1939- )
Primary Documents
1. Civil Rights Congress, We Charge Genocide (1951)
2. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)
3. From Testimony of Mose Wright, Trial of Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam (1955)
4. From President Dwight D. Eisenhower, "Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Situation in Little Rock" (1957)
5. Robert Moses, "Letter from a Mississippi Jail Cell" (1961)
6. George C. Wallace, "Inaugural Address" (1963)
7. From John F. Kennedy, "Address on Civil Rights" (1963)
8. Remarks by Martin Luther King, Jr., and Other Black Leaders on Birmingham Bombing Made at Private Meeting at the White House with President John F. Kennedy and Black Leaders (September 19, 1963)
9. From Fannie Lou Hamer, "Testimony before the Credentials Committee of the Democratic National Convention," Atlantic City, New Jersey (1964)
10. Gloria Richardson, "Focus on Freedom-Here and Now," Freedomways (1964)
11. Summary of Malcolm X's "Ballot or Bullet Speech," Detroit, Michigan (April 14, 1964)
12. Excerpts from President Lyndon B. Johnson, "To Fulfill These Rights: Commencement Address at Howard University," Washington, D.C. (1965)
13. Stokely Carmichael, "Address at Black Congress Rally," Los Angeles, California (1968)
14. From "Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders" (1968)
15. From "Opening Statement" in Akil Al-Jundi, et al. v. The Estate of Nelson A. Rockefeller, et al. (1991)
Glossary
Annotated Bibliography
Index
Preface to First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Events
Chapter 1. The Modern Civil Rights Movement: An Overview
Chapter 2. Freedom's Coming and It Won't Be Long: The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 3. Mississippi: "Is This America?" A Case Study of the Movement
Chapter 4. In the North Too: The Black Freedom Struggle Outside of Dixie
Chapter 5. Sisterhood Is Powerful: Women and the Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 6. From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter
Biographical Essays
Ella Jo Baker (1903-1986)
Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) (1941-1998)
Septima Clark (1898-1987)
Angela Davis (1944- )
Medgar Evers (1925-1963)
James Farmer (1920-1999)
Fannie Lou Hamer (Townsend) (1917-1977)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
John Lewis (1940- )
Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) (1925-1965)
Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)
Clarence Maurice Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984)
Robert Parris Moses (1935- )
Huey P. Newton (1942-1989)
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913-2005)
A. (Asa) Philip Randolph (1889-1979)
Gloria St. Clair Hayes Richardson (1922- )
Bayard Rustin (1912-1987)
Nina Simone (1933-2003)
Roy Ottoway Wilkins (1901-1981)
Robert F. Williams (1929-1996)
Robert Zellner (1939- )
Primary Documents
1. Civil Rights Congress, We Charge Genocide (1951)
2. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)
3. From Testimony of Mose Wright, Trial of Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam (1955)
4. From President Dwight D. Eisenhower, "Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Situation in Little Rock" (1957)
5. Robert Moses, "Letter from a Mississippi Jail Cell" (1961)
6. George C. Wallace, "Inaugural Address" (1963)
7. From John F. Kennedy, "Address on Civil Rights" (1963)
8. Remarks by Martin Luther King, Jr., and Other Black Leaders on Birmingham Bombing Made at Private Meeting at the White House with President John F. Kennedy and Black Leaders (September 19, 1963)
9. From Fannie Lou Hamer, "Testimony before the Credentials Committee of the Democratic National Convention," Atlantic City, New Jersey (1964)
10. Gloria Richardson, "Focus on Freedom-Here and Now," Freedomways (1964)
11. Summary of Malcolm X's "Ballot or Bullet Speech," Detroit, Michigan (April 14, 1964)
12. Excerpts from President Lyndon B. Johnson, "To Fulfill These Rights: Commencement Address at Howard University," Washington, D.C. (1965)
13. Stokely Carmichael, "Address at Black Congress Rally," Los Angeles, California (1968)
14. From "Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders" (1968)
15. From "Opening Statement" in Akil Al-Jundi, et al. v. The Estate of Nelson A. Rockefeller, et al. (1991)
Glossary
Annotated Bibliography
Index
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Regionalgeschichte |
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 312 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781440863004 |
| ISBN-10: | 1440863008 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC gerader Rücken kaschiert |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Levy, Peter |
| Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing plc |
| Maße: | 240 x 161 x 21 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Peter Levy |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 31.07.2019 |
| Gewicht: | 0,636 kg |
Über den Autor
Peter B. Levy is professor of history at York College, York, PA, USA. He is author of over a dozen books, including The Great Uprising: Race Riots in Urban America during the 1960s.
Zusammenfassung
Ties the historic struggles of the 1950s and 1960s to the movements today against mass incarceration and police abuse
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Series Foreword
Preface to First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Events
Chapter 1. The Modern Civil Rights Movement: An Overview
Chapter 2. Freedom's Coming and It Won't Be Long: The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 3. Mississippi: "Is This America?" A Case Study of the Movement
Chapter 4. In the North Too: The Black Freedom Struggle Outside of Dixie
Chapter 5. Sisterhood Is Powerful: Women and the Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 6. From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter
Biographical Essays
Ella Jo Baker (1903-1986)
Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) (1941-1998)
Septima Clark (1898-1987)
Angela Davis (1944- )
Medgar Evers (1925-1963)
James Farmer (1920-1999)
Fannie Lou Hamer (Townsend) (1917-1977)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
John Lewis (1940- )
Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) (1925-1965)
Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)
Clarence Maurice Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984)
Robert Parris Moses (1935- )
Huey P. Newton (1942-1989)
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913-2005)
A. (Asa) Philip Randolph (1889-1979)
Gloria St. Clair Hayes Richardson (1922- )
Bayard Rustin (1912-1987)
Nina Simone (1933-2003)
Roy Ottoway Wilkins (1901-1981)
Robert F. Williams (1929-1996)
Robert Zellner (1939- )
Primary Documents
1. Civil Rights Congress, We Charge Genocide (1951)
2. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)
3. From Testimony of Mose Wright, Trial of Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam (1955)
4. From President Dwight D. Eisenhower, "Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Situation in Little Rock" (1957)
5. Robert Moses, "Letter from a Mississippi Jail Cell" (1961)
6. George C. Wallace, "Inaugural Address" (1963)
7. From John F. Kennedy, "Address on Civil Rights" (1963)
8. Remarks by Martin Luther King, Jr., and Other Black Leaders on Birmingham Bombing Made at Private Meeting at the White House with President John F. Kennedy and Black Leaders (September 19, 1963)
9. From Fannie Lou Hamer, "Testimony before the Credentials Committee of the Democratic National Convention," Atlantic City, New Jersey (1964)
10. Gloria Richardson, "Focus on Freedom-Here and Now," Freedomways (1964)
11. Summary of Malcolm X's "Ballot or Bullet Speech," Detroit, Michigan (April 14, 1964)
12. Excerpts from President Lyndon B. Johnson, "To Fulfill These Rights: Commencement Address at Howard University," Washington, D.C. (1965)
13. Stokely Carmichael, "Address at Black Congress Rally," Los Angeles, California (1968)
14. From "Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders" (1968)
15. From "Opening Statement" in Akil Al-Jundi, et al. v. The Estate of Nelson A. Rockefeller, et al. (1991)
Glossary
Annotated Bibliography
Index
Preface to First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Events
Chapter 1. The Modern Civil Rights Movement: An Overview
Chapter 2. Freedom's Coming and It Won't Be Long: The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 3. Mississippi: "Is This America?" A Case Study of the Movement
Chapter 4. In the North Too: The Black Freedom Struggle Outside of Dixie
Chapter 5. Sisterhood Is Powerful: Women and the Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 6. From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter
Biographical Essays
Ella Jo Baker (1903-1986)
Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) (1941-1998)
Septima Clark (1898-1987)
Angela Davis (1944- )
Medgar Evers (1925-1963)
James Farmer (1920-1999)
Fannie Lou Hamer (Townsend) (1917-1977)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
John Lewis (1940- )
Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) (1925-1965)
Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)
Clarence Maurice Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984)
Robert Parris Moses (1935- )
Huey P. Newton (1942-1989)
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913-2005)
A. (Asa) Philip Randolph (1889-1979)
Gloria St. Clair Hayes Richardson (1922- )
Bayard Rustin (1912-1987)
Nina Simone (1933-2003)
Roy Ottoway Wilkins (1901-1981)
Robert F. Williams (1929-1996)
Robert Zellner (1939- )
Primary Documents
1. Civil Rights Congress, We Charge Genocide (1951)
2. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)
3. From Testimony of Mose Wright, Trial of Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam (1955)
4. From President Dwight D. Eisenhower, "Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Situation in Little Rock" (1957)
5. Robert Moses, "Letter from a Mississippi Jail Cell" (1961)
6. George C. Wallace, "Inaugural Address" (1963)
7. From John F. Kennedy, "Address on Civil Rights" (1963)
8. Remarks by Martin Luther King, Jr., and Other Black Leaders on Birmingham Bombing Made at Private Meeting at the White House with President John F. Kennedy and Black Leaders (September 19, 1963)
9. From Fannie Lou Hamer, "Testimony before the Credentials Committee of the Democratic National Convention," Atlantic City, New Jersey (1964)
10. Gloria Richardson, "Focus on Freedom-Here and Now," Freedomways (1964)
11. Summary of Malcolm X's "Ballot or Bullet Speech," Detroit, Michigan (April 14, 1964)
12. Excerpts from President Lyndon B. Johnson, "To Fulfill These Rights: Commencement Address at Howard University," Washington, D.C. (1965)
13. Stokely Carmichael, "Address at Black Congress Rally," Los Angeles, California (1968)
14. From "Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders" (1968)
15. From "Opening Statement" in Akil Al-Jundi, et al. v. The Estate of Nelson A. Rockefeller, et al. (1991)
Glossary
Annotated Bibliography
Index
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Regionalgeschichte |
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 312 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781440863004 |
| ISBN-10: | 1440863008 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC gerader Rücken kaschiert |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Levy, Peter |
| Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing plc |
| Maße: | 240 x 161 x 21 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Peter Levy |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 31.07.2019 |
| Gewicht: | 0,636 kg |
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