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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... president's sense that he could no longer remain on the sidelines or respond to crises on an ad hoc basis . On June 11 , 1963 , President Kennedy delivered a major television address on civil rights , the most forceful and important ...
... president could be depended on to alter significantly the legal status of African Americans . Even if northern white moderates could be persuaded to push for racial reforms , Marigold and others reasoned , southern conservatives in ...
... president as the chair of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity ( PCEEO ) . Unwilling to risk alienating southern Democrats by proposing civil rights legislation , President John F. Kennedy initially turned to ...
Inhalt
An Overview | 3 |
The Personalities Behind the Civil Rights | 127 |
Primary Documents of the Civil Rights Movement | 149 |
Urheberrecht | |
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