The civil rights movement /
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| Author / Creator: | Newman, Mark. |
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| Imprint: | Westport, CT : Praeger, c2004. |
| Description: | xiii, 193 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century. African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century. African Americans -- Civil rights. Civil rights movements. United States. History. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5365135 |
Table of Contents:
- Abbreviations
- Chronology
- 1. Prerequisites for Change
- The Nature of Racial Discrimination
- The Great Migration
- The New Deal
- Challenges to Injustice in the South
- 2. The Emergence of the Movement, 1941-59
- The Impact of the Second World War
- Jim Crow under Attack
- Massive Resistance
- The Movement Stalled
- 3. The End of Jim Crow in the South, 1960-5
- The Sit-ins
- The Kennedy Administration and Civil Rights
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Selma and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
- 4. The Disintegration of the National Civil Rights Coalition, 1964-8
- The Mississippi Summer Project
- Northern Protests
- Black Power
- The Poor People's Campaign
- 5. Civil Rights in a Conservative Era
- Nixon's 'Southern Strategy'
- A New South? Protest and Politics
- The Struggle in the North
- The Federal Government and Civil Rights: From Ford to Reagan
- 6. Conclusion
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Index
