American Civil Rights Movement - A Documentary History

Informationen zum Autor Robert P. Green, Jr. is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Educational Foundations at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA Harold E. Cheatham is Dean and Professor Emeritus of Counseling and Educational Leadership at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA Klappentext Covering the whole twentieth century, this work collects in a single, brief volume, documents reflecting key aspects of the Civil Rights Movement: the voices of social activists (and opponents), the legal struggle in the courts, and governmental responses to civil rights issues, arranged chronologically with an essential time-line of events. Zusammenfassung Covering the whole twentieth century! this work collects in a single! brief volume! documents reflecting key aspects of the Civil Rights Movement: the voices of social activists (and opponents)! the legal struggle in the courts! and governmental responses to civil rights issues! arranged chronologically with an essential time-line of events. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Dimensions of Jim Crow: Nobody knows the trouble I've seen2. Elements of resistance: Walk together children3. Emergence of the Movement: We are soldiers in the Army4. The Movement gains momentum: I'm a rollin'5. Albany to the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Up above my head 6. Freedom Summer, Selma, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965: I shall not be moved7. Northern efforts, Black Power, legal endorsements: We'll soon be free8. The Movement today: Oh, freedomIndex

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• Authors: Harold Cheatham, Harold E. Cheatham, Jr Robert P. Green, Robert Green, Robert P. Green, Robert P. Cheatham Green
• Assisted by: Harold E. Cheatham (Editor), Robert P. Green (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2009
• EAN: 9780719070136
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7013-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Documents in Modern History; Documents in Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, Revolutionary groups & movements, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions