Army of Lions - The Civil Rights Struggle Before the Naacp

Informationen zum Autor Shawn Leigh Alexander Klappentext Shawn Leigh Alexander is Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at the University of Kansas. Zusammenfassung In 1890! a delegation of African American activists formed the Afro-American League! the nation's first national civil rights organization. Over the course of nearly two decades! these activists fought to end disfranchisement and segregation! and to contest racial violence! creating the foundation for the NAACP and the modern civil rights movement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1. Aceldama and the Black Response Chapter 2. "Stand Their Ground on This Civil Rights Business" Chapter 3. Interregnum and Resurrection Chapter 4. Not Just "A Bubble in Soap Water" Chapter 5. To Awaken the Conscience of America Chapter 6. Invasion of the Tuskegee Machine Chapter 7. An Army of Mice or an Army of Lions? Chapter 8. "It Is Strike Now or Never" Epilogue List of Abbreviations Notes Index Ac knowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Shawn Leigh Alexander, Alexander Shawn Leigh
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2013
• EAN: 9780812222449
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2244-9
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Politics and Culture in Modern; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous