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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... South . Not only was the breadth and depth of the problem much more intense , but King also found that it was more difficult to highlight the problems faced by northern blacks than it had been in the South . In addition , Mayor Richard ...
... South , mostly in rural areas . They continued to work largely as laborers or sharecroppers , growing cotton , rice , sugar , and tobacco , as had their ancestors . Beginning with World War I , African Americans began to migrate ...
... South , primarily in rural areas . By 1970 nearly half lived outside the South and in urban areas . This migration , which was larger than that of any single ethnic group from Europe to the United States , transformed the racial ...
Inhalt
An Overview | 3 |
The Personalities Behind the Civil Rights | 127 |
Primary Documents of the Civil Rights Movement | 149 |
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