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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... women to consider ways in which they , as women , faced caste restrictions . As Mary King and Casey Hayden , two white female members of SNCC , observed in their " Memo " to other women in the movement , " There seem to be many ...
... women's movement . Claims by male leftists that calls for women's liberation were divisive and counterpro- ductive backfired , convincing many women that they had to forge their own movement because men still did not take their concerns ...
... women's rights move- ments . Nonetheless , even without the ERA , women enjoyed far greater legal protection than they had in the past due to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the courts ' interpretation of it . In spite of these links ...
Inhalt
An Overview | 3 |
The Personalities Behind the Civil Rights | 127 |
Primary Documents of the Civil Rights Movement | 149 |
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