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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... problem , northerners and the nation at large ensured that the problem would fester and , like a raisin in the sun , ultimately explode . THE INTERNATIONAL SETTING The great migration coincided with the emergence of the United States as ...
... problem . There is no Southern problem . There is no Northern problem . There is only an American problem . And we are met here tonight as Americans , not as Democrats or Republicans , we are met here as Americans to solve the problem ...
... problem of poverty , only to the problem of blackness . Integration today means the man who " makes it , " leaving his black brothers behind in the ghetto as fast as his new sports car will take him . It has no relevance to the Harlem ...
Inhalt
An Overview | 3 |
The Personalities Behind the Civil Rights | 127 |
Primary Documents of the Civil Rights Movement | 149 |
Urheberrecht | |
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