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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... leaders , ironing out disagree- ments between different factions and providing contacts for the students with an older ... leader of Guinea - gained national fame in 1966 when he coined the slogan " Black Power ! " Shortly before he ...
... leadership of the NAACP . His brother , Charles Evers , succeeded Medgar as the head of the NAACP in Mississippi , but he was never as effective of a leader as Medgar . James Farmer ( 1920– ) As the director of the Congress of Racial ...
... leader in modern history . An extraordinary orator and the leader of numerous civil rights demonstrations , King had his life cut short in 1968 , at age thirty - nine , by a bullet shot from a high - powered rifle by an escaped felon ...
Inhalt
An Overview | 3 |
The Personalities Behind the Civil Rights | 127 |
Primary Documents of the Civil Rights Movement | 149 |
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