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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... police and repressive counterattacks on them by federal and local authorities . The FBI , which had already embarked on a mission to discredit King , expanded its counterintelligence program , known as COINTELPRO , to " prevent the ...
... police officer , Silas McGhee was shot in the head . At the hospital , police bragged that Silas had finally gotten his . Several days later , Silas's brother , Jake , was arrested . When Laura McGhee went down to the police station to ...
Peter B. Levy. her way into the station , smacked a police officer in the eye , and demanded to see her son . Bob Zellner recalls : She says , " I come down here to get my son , Jake . " He [ the police officer ] says , " You can't go in ...
Inhalt
An Overview | 3 |
The Personalities Behind the Civil Rights | 127 |
Primary Documents of the Civil Rights Movement | 149 |
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