Civil Rights Movement - Struggle and Resistance

Focusing on the African American struggle for civil rights from 1945 to today, Riches shows how the black community used the institutions created by de jure segregation to overcome apartheid and white resistance. In this updated new edition, Riches emphasises the rise of black conservatism and the election of 2008 that sealed Obama's victory.

List of contents

Preface to the Third Edition Acknowledgements.- Glossary.- List of Acronyms.- Basic Chronology.- Introduction.- Transformation of Politics: Civil Rights 1945-8.- Grassroots Struggle in the South.- The Struggle Intensifies: JFK and a New Frontier?.- Triumphs and Disasters: LBJ and The Great Society.- The New Right and Civil Rights.- Transformation: A New South?.- Willie Horton and the Southern Strategy: Bush Sr.- A Third Way from Hope: Bill Clinton.- 1876 and All That: George W. Bush.- Post-Racial Politics? Barack Obama.- Bibliography.- Index.

Product details

• Authors: William Riches, William T. M. Riches, William T. Martin Riches, William T.martin Riches, William Terence Martin Riches
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2010
• EAN: 9780230237063
• ISBN: 978-0-230-23706-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Studies in Contemporary History; Studies in Contemporary Histor; Studies in Contemporary History
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989)