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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... Committee on Civil Rights . While the committee was preparing its report , the Congress of Racial Equality ( CORE ) staged a Journey of Reconciliation in several upper South states . Like the better- known freedom rides of the early ...
... COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS , TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS ( 1947 ) In 1946 , in the wake of several brutal lynchings , including the murder of a black World War II veteran , President Harry S Truman established the President's Committee on ...
... COMMITTEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION , " ATLANTIC CITY , NEW JERSEY ( 1964 ) In early 1964 , SNCC decided to undertake a major campaign in Mississippi known as Freedom Summer . Its coordinators put forth two main goals , 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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