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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... black power seems to mean that the Mau Mau are coming to the suburbs at night , " that black power would lead to vengeance and violence . White fears about black power were amplified by a wave of riots that followed the riot in Watts ...
... Black Power ! ' " 12 Carmichael's colleague Willie Ricks immediately picked up on Carmichael's words , chanting , " What do you want ?, " to which the crowd responded ( with Ricks still in the lead ) , " Black Power ! Black Power ...
... black power as a slogan . For once , black people are going to use the words they want to use - not just the words whites want to hear . And they will do this no matter how often the press tries to stop the use of the slogan by equating ...
Inhalt
An Overview | 3 |
The Personalities Behind the Civil Rights | 127 |
Primary Documents of the Civil Rights Movement | 149 |
Urheberrecht | |
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