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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... equality after the war's end . Medgar Evers , for one , a black native of Mississippi who fought in both France and Germany , returned to his home state determined to exercise his rights as an American citizen . Evers and many other ...
... equality more generally . Yet , without knowledge about the long - term fight for legal equality and the specific context in which affirmative action programs developed , is it possible to determine whether or not affirmative action ...
... equality , took root there . THE BIRTH AND GROWTH OF THE FIGHT FOR LEGAL EQUALITY One of Washington's sharpest critics , and in many ways the father of the modern civil rights movement , was W.E.B. Du Bois . Born in 1868 in Great ...
Inhalt
An Overview | 3 |
The Personalities Behind the Civil Rights | 127 |
Primary Documents of the Civil Rights Movement | 149 |
Urheberrecht | |
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