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Informationen zum Autor Dr. John A. Kirk is the George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History and Director of the Joel E. Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA. He was previously a Professor of US History at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, and is author and editor of several books including the award-winning Redefining the Color Line: Black Activism in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1940?1970 . Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors' Preface xii Acknowledgments xiv Introduction xvi Chapter 1 Origins of the Civil Rights Movement 1 1.1 New York Amsterdam Star¿News , "Bus Boycott Ends in Victory," 1941 1 1.2 A. Philip Randolph, "Call to Negro America to March on Washington for Jobs and Equal Participation in National Defense," 1941 3 1.3 James Farmer Recalls the Congress of Racial Equality's Chicago Sit¿In in 1942 6 1.4 US Supreme Court, Smith v. Allwright , 1944 8 1.5 Annie L. McPheeters Interview on Grassroots Voter Registration in Atlanta in the 1930s and 1940s 11 1.6 Fifth Pan¿African Congress, Declaration to the Colonial Workers, Farmers and Intellectuals, 1945 14 1.7 Journey of Reconciliation, 1947 15 1.8 President's Committee on Civil Rights, To Secure These Rights , 1947 17 1.9 President Harry S. Truman, Executive Order 9981, 1948 22 1.10 Henry Lee Moon, Balance of Power: The Negro Vote , 1948 24 1.11 States' Rights Democratic Party, Platform of the States' Rights Democratic Party, 1948 26 1.12 Congressman Jacob K. Javits, Press Release on Segregation and Discrimination in the Armed Forces, 1950 28 1.13 The Crusader , "Boycott of City Bus Company in Baton Rouge Forces End of Absolute Jimcrow," 1953 30 1.14 Dorothy Height Recalls Her Work with the National Council of Negro Women from the 1930s to the 1950s 31 Chapter 2 Brown v. Board of Education and Massive Resistance, 1954-6 35 2.1 US Supreme Court, McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents , 1950 35 2.2 United States, Brief as Amicus Curiae , Brown v. Board of Education , 1952 38 2.3 US Supreme Court, Brown v. Board of Education , 1954 40 2.4 Arkansas State Press , "After the Court's Decision - Now What?" 1954 42 2.5 US Supreme Court, Brown v. Board of Education , 1955 44 2.6 Chicago Defender , "Blood on Their Hands ... An Editorial," [Emmett Till] 1955 46 2.7 R.B. Patterson, "Organization of a Local Citizens' Council," 1955 48 2.8 Southern US Congressmen, "Declaration of Constitutional Principles," 1956 49 Chapter 3 The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1955-7 55 3.1 Rosa Parks Recalls Her Role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 55 3.2 Fred D. Gray Recalls His Role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 57 3.3 E.D. Nixon Recalls His Role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 58 3.4 Jo Ann Robinson Recalls Her Role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 60 3.5 Martin Luther King, Jr, "Holt Street Baptist Church Speech," 1955 61 3.6 US Supreme Court, Browder v. Gayle , 1956 64 3.7 Chicago Defender , "Bus Boycotts in 3 Cities," 1956 65 3.8 Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Constitution and By¿Laws, 1957 68 3.9 Martin Luther King, Jr, "Give Us the Ballot," 1957 69 Chapter 4 The Little Rock Crisis and Desegregation in Education, 1957-62 73 4.1 Gov. Orval E. Faubus, Televised Speech, 1957 73 4.2 Ira Wilmer "Will" Counts, Jr, Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan, 1957 75 4.3 Daisy Bates Recalls Events at Central High School in 1957 76 4.4 President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Executive Order 10730, 1957 79 4.5 Larry Lubenow Recalls Int...
