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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... Malcolm X to speak at Brown's Chapel . Even though SNCC initially opposed King's decision to target Selma , it used the campaign and Malcolm X's appearance to further its organizing efforts in the region . Malcolm X effectively played ...
... Malcolm X's black nationalist vision . Ironi- cally , by the time this shift took place , Malcolm X lay dead , assassinated on February 21 , 1965 , by members of the Nation of Islam . Prior to 1965 , Malcolm had caught the ear of some ...
... Malcolm X [ El - Hajj Malik El - Shabazz ] ( 1925-1965 ) Malcolm X , America's most famous black radical , died by an assassin's bullet just before the rise of the black power movement in the United States . Long after his death ...
Inhalt
An Overview | 3 |
The Personalities Behind the Civil Rights | 127 |
Primary Documents of the Civil Rights Movement | 149 |
Urheberrecht | |
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