Civil Rights in the USA 1945-68

Informationen zum Autor Vivienne Sanders has written extensively and successfully on American history in the Access to History series. She taught A Level History for over 30 years! mostly in independent schools! and is now retired. Klappentext Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series. Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series. Zusammenfassung Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series. Inhaltsverzeichnis : Chapter 1 - Introduction: American Ethnic Minorities Prior to 1945 : America's Racial Groups : Underlying Reasons for Racial Tensions : Escalating Tensions c1600-c1860 : Suggested Solutions to the Black Problem in the Early Nineteenth Century : The Civil War : The Post-war South: Reconstruction (1865-c1877) to Segregation : Factors Leading to Improvements for Blacks 1900-45 : Chapter 2 - The Black Situation at the End of the Second World War : The Impact of the War on Non-Whites : Blacks Outside the South in Late 1945 : Southern Blacks in late 1945 : Key Debates : Chapter 3 - The Start of the Civil Rights Movement 1945-60 : President Truman's Early Life and Career : How Much Did Truman Help Blacks? : Conclusions about Progress under Truman : The Role of Eisenhower (1953-61) : BROWN (1954) : Emmet Till and Autherine Lucy : Signs of Change by 1955 : The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1956) : Little Rock (1957) : Eisenhower's Civil Rights Acts (1957 and 1960) : The Cold War and Decolonisation : The Eisenhower Years - Conclusions : Key Debate : Study Guide : Chapter 4 - The 1960's - I: King of the Civil Rights Movement? : Martin Luther King : Martin Luther King - Saint or Sinner? : The Leadership of the Civil Rights Movement : King and the Leadership of the Civil Rights Movement - Conclusions : Key Debates : Study Guide : Chapter 5 - The 1960's - II: Black Power : The Nation of Islam and Malcom X : The Rise of Black Power in the 1960's : Black Power and the Black Panthers : Why did Black Power Decline? : What had the Black Power Movement Achieved? : Key Debates : Study Guide : Chapter 6 - The 1960's III: Kennedy! Johnson and the 'Black Problem' : President Kennedy (1961-3) : Lyndon Johnson Before the Presidency : President Johnson (1963-9) : Conclusions : Key Debate : Study Guide : Chapter 7 - Other Minorities and the 1960's Protest Culture : Native Americans and the Black Civil Rights Movement : The Impact of the Civil Rights Movement on Hispanic Americans : Immigration : Study Guide : Chapter 8 - Equality in 1968? Conclusions : Black Americans in the South in 1968 : Black Americans Outside the South in 1968 : Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in 1968 : Study Guide : Glossary : Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Vivienne Sanders
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 16 to 19
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2008
• EAN: 9780340965832
• ISBN: 978-0-340-96583-2
• No. of pages: 178
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Access to History; Access to History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous