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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... CORE's membership and influ- ence waned , only to be revived by the sit - ins . In the spring of 1961 , CORE recruited thirteen individuals , black and white , to take part in the freedom rides . According to CORE's plans , these ...
... CORE . Even though it was dwarfed by the larger and better - known NAACP and National Urban League , CORE gained notoriety in 1947 by staging the Journey of Recon- ciliation , which aimed at desegregating transportation in the upper ...
... ( CORE ) : One of the most important civil rights organizations of the 1960s . Led by James Farmer , CORE first received national attention in 1947 , when it staged the Journey of Reconciliation . It regained prominence in 1961 with the ...
Inhalt
An Overview | 3 |
The Personalities Behind the Civil Rights | 127 |
Primary Documents of the Civil Rights Movement | 149 |
Urheberrecht | |
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