The Civil Rights MovementGreenwood Press, 1998 - 226 Seiten
The essays are designed to be clear and engaging; they capture the conflict and drama of the Civil Rights movement as they present an analysis of its main features. Following a narrative overview of the movement, five analytical essays address these topics: the origins of the movement; the Civil Rights movement in Mississippi; the fight for legal equality, with a discussion aimed at fostering a better understanding of the current debate over affirmative action; the role played by women in the movement; and an analysis of the legacy of the civil rights protests of the 1950s and 1960s. These essays are followed by biographical profiles of 20 civil rights activists, from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X to Ella Jo Baker and Bayard Rustin. The guide includes 15 primary documents, ranging from addresses by Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, to speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokley Carmichael, Malcolm X, and George Wallace. A selection of photos complements the text. This one-stop reference source offers not only a starting point for students research but analysis that raises issues still being debated today. |
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... Alabama Protests sweep across the South , from St. Augustine , Florida , to Cambridge , Maryland Governor George Wallace attempts to block integration of University of Alabama President Kennedy delivers major address on civil rights ...
... Alabama , in 1963 and became the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( SCLC ) following King's assassination . Abernathy was born in the rural community of Linden , Alabama , on March 11 , 1926. His father , William L ...
... Alabama . Document 8 FROM JOHN F. KENNEDY , “ ADDRESS ON CIVIL RIGHTS " ( JUNE 11 , 1963 ) John F. Kennedy's ... Alabama National Guards- men was required on the campus of the University of Alabama to carry out the final and unequivocal ...
Inhalt
An Overview | 3 |
The Personalities Behind the Civil Rights | 127 |
Primary Documents of the Civil Rights Movement | 149 |
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