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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... roles during the 1960s , they did the organizing . Other scholars have suggested that World War II veterans played a seminal role , sowing the fields that younger activists reaped . Together these schol- arly arguments reinforce the ...
... role as the inspiring leader of the Montgomery bus boycott should not be underestimated , but the boycott itself depended on the dedication and energy of those who walked to work or organized carpools and attended the mass meetings that ...
... role in fomenting the rebirth of feminism . On the broadest level , by challenging the racial caste system , the civil rights movement encouraged women to consider ways in which they , as women , faced caste restrictions . As Mary King ...
Inhalt
An Overview | 3 |
The Personalities Behind the Civil Rights | 127 |
Primary Documents of the Civil Rights Movement | 149 |
Urheberrecht | |
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