The Civil Rights Movement

Author : Renee Christine Romano,Leigh Raiford
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780820325385

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The Civil Rights Movement in American Memory by Renee Christine Romano,Leigh Raiford Pdf

The movement for civil rights in America peaked in the 1950s and1960s; however, a closely related struggle, this time over themovement's legacy, has been heatedly engaged over the past twodecades. How the civil rights movement is currently being rememberedin American politics and culture - and why it matters - is the commontheme of the thirteen essays in this unprecedented collection.Memories of the movement are being created and maintained - in waysand for purposes we sometimes only vaguely perceive - throughmemorials, art exhibits, community celebrations, and even streetnames.

Author : Eric Braun
Publisher : Lerner Publications (Tm)
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9781541523319

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The Civil Rights Movement by Eric Braun Pdf

Civil rights have been in the news with the rise of Black Lives Matter, Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem at NFL games, and more. Yet civil rights activists have many other causes they are fighting for, such as calling attention to police brutality and combating racism in everyday life. The Civil Rights Movement started in the 1800s and remains a prominent movement within our modern society. Find out how activists such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Fannie Lou Hamer set the stage for activists in modern times and learn how activists are speaking out today to expand rights for African Americans.

Author : Hasan Kwame Jeffries
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299321901

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Understanding and Teaching the Civil Rights Movement by Hasan Kwame Jeffries Pdf

Author : Bobby L. Lovett
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 1572334436

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The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee by Bobby L. Lovett Pdf

The strange career of Jim Crow : the early civil rights movement in Tennessee, 1935-1950 -- We are not afraid! : Brown and Jim Crow schools in Tennessee -- Hell no, we won't integrate : continuing school desegregation in Tennessee -- Keep Memphis down in Dixie : sit-in demonstrations and desegregation of public facilities -- Let nobody turn me around : sit-ins and public demonstrations continue to spread -- The King God didn't save : the movement turns violent in Tennessee -- The Black Republicans : civil rights and politics in Tennessee -- The Black Democrats : civil rights and politics in Tennessee -- The frustrated fellowship : civil rights and African American politics in Tennessee -- Make Tennessee state equivalent to UT for white students : desegregation of higher education -- After Geier and the merger : desegregation of higher education in Tennessee continues -- Don't you wish you were white? : the conclusion.

Author : Sherri L. Smith,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781524792305

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What Is the Civil Rights Movement? by Sherri L. Smith,Who HQ Pdf

Relive the moments when African Americans fought for equal rights, and made history. Even though slavery had ended in the 1860s, African Americans were still suffering under the weight of segregation a hundred years later. They couldn't go to the same schools, eat at the same restaurants, or even use the same bathrooms as white people. But by the 1950s, black people refused to remain second-class citizens and were willing to risk their lives to make a change. Author Sherri L. Smith brings to life momentous events through the words and stories of people who were on the frontlines of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This book also features the fun black-and-white illustrations and engaging 16-page photo insert that readers have come love about the What Was? series!

Author : Dennis Chong
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226228693

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Collective Action and the Civil Rights Movement by Dennis Chong Pdf

Collective Action and the Civil Rights Movement is a theoretical study of the dynamics of public-spirited collective action as well as a substantial study of the American civil rights movement and the local and national politics that surrounded it. In this major historical application of rational choice theory to a social movement, Dennis Chong reexamines the problem of organizing collective action by focusing on the social, psychological, and moral incentives of political activism that are often neglected by rational choice theorists. Using game theoretic concepts as well as dynamic models, he explores how rational individuals decide to participate in social movements and how these individual decisions translate into collective outcomes. In addition to applying formal modeling to the puzzling and important social phenomenon of collective action, he offers persuasive insights into the political and psychological dynamics that provoke and sustain public activism. This remarkably accessible study demonstrates how the civil rights movement succeeded against difficult odds by mobilizing community resources, resisting powerful opposition, and winning concessions from the government.

Author : Michael Ezra
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781598840384

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Civil Rights Movement by Michael Ezra Pdf

This work documents the importance of the civil rights movement and its lasting impression on American society and culture. This revealing volume looks at the struggle for individual rights from the social historian's perspective, providing a fresh context for gauging the impact of the civil rights movement on everyday life across the full spectrum of American society. From the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case to protests against the Vietnam War to the fight for black power, Civil Rights Movement: People and Perspectives looks at events that set the stage for guaranteeing America's promise to all Americans. In eight chapters, some of the country's leading social historians analyze the most recent investigations into the civil rights era's historical context and pivotal moments. Readers will gain a richer understanding of a movement that expanded well beyond its initial focus (the treatment of African Americans in the South) to include other Americans in regions across the nation.

Author : Paula Young Shelton
Publisher : Dragonfly Books
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780385376068

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Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton Pdf

In this Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year, Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child’s unique perspective to an important chapter in America’s history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks did not. With an activist father and a community of leaders surrounding her, including Uncle Martin (Martin Luther King), Paula watched and listened to the struggles, eventually joining with her family—and thousands of others—in the historic march from Selma to Montgomery. Poignant, moving, and hopeful, this is an intimate look at the birth of the Civil Rights Movement.

Author : Peter B. Levy
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015040356852

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The Civil Rights Movement by Peter B. Levy Pdf

Six essays capture the drama and conflict of the struggle, covering, among other topics, the origins of the movement, the fight for legal equality, the role of women, and the lasting effects of the protests of the 1950s and 1960s. Ready-reference features include biographical profiles of 20 activists, from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X to Ella Jo Baker and Bayard Rustin, a chronology, bibliography, and photographs. This work also contains 15 primary documents, including presidential addresses and speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X, and George Wallace.

Author : Charles W. Eagles
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781496800978

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The Civil Rights Movement in America by Charles W. Eagles Pdf

With essays and commentaries by David Levering Lewis, Clayborne Carson, Steven F. Lawson, Nancy J. Weiss, David J. Garrow, John Dittmer, Neil R. McMillen, Charles V. Hamilton, Mark V. Tushnet, William H. Chafe, and J. Mills Thornton III The Civil Rights Movement warrants continuing and extensive examination. The six papers in this collection, each supplemented by a follow-up assessment, contribute to a clearer perception of what caused and motivated the movement, of how it functioned, of the changes that occurred within it, and of its accomplishments and shortcomings. Its profound effect upon modern America has so greatly changed relations between the races that C. Vann Woodward has called it the “second revolution.” In a limited space, the eleven scholars range with a definitive view over a large subject. Their papers analyze and emphasize the Civil Rights Movement's important aspects: its origins and causes, its strategies and tactics for accomplishing black freedom, the creative tensions in its leadership, the politics of the movement in the key state of Mississippi, and the role of federal law and federal courts. In this collection a scholarly balance is achieved for each paper by a follow-up commentary from a significant authority. By deepening the understanding of the Civil Rights Movement, these essays underscore what has been gained through struggle, as well as acknowledging the goals that are yet to be attained.

Author : Elizabeth Sirimarco
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761416978

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The Civil Rights Movement by Elizabeth Sirimarco Pdf

Presents the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, from Reconstruction to the late 1960s, through excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, speeches, songs, and poems of the time.

Author : Nick Treanor
Publisher : Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : PSU:000055889704

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The Civil Rights Movement by Nick Treanor Pdf

Discusses the history of African Americans' struggle for equality, including the non-violent and violent protests of the 1960s, affirmative action, and the current state of race relations.

Author : John Dittmer,George C. Wright,W. Marvin Dulaney
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0890965404

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Essays on the American Civil Rights Movement by John Dittmer,George C. Wright,W. Marvin Dulaney Pdf

As its name suggests, the civil rights movement is an ongoing process, and the scholars contributing to this volume offer new geographical and temporal perspectives on this crucial American experience. As Clayborne Carson notes in the introduction, the movement involved much more than civil rights reform--it transformed African-American political and social consciousness. In this timely volume John Dittmer provides a new assessment of the effects of grass-roots activists of the movement in Mississippi from 1965 to 1968, to show what happened after the famous Freedom Summer of 1964. George C. Wright shows how African Americans in Kentucky from 1900 to 1970 faced the same racial restrictions and violence as blacks in Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama. W. Marvin Dulaney traces the rise and fall of the movement in Dallas from the 1930s through the 1970s while the nation's attention was focused elsewhere.

Author : Tamra B. Orr
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534564206

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The Civil Rights Movement by Tamra B. Orr Pdf

The civil rights movement was one of the most important social justice movements in American history, and readers are sure to be captivated by this in-depth look at the leaders and moments that defined this period. Enlightening main text and detailed sidebars feature quotes from the men and women who lived through this time of trial and triumph, and the facts readers discover on each page complement current social studies curriculum topics. Additional insight is provided through primary sources, a comprehensive timeline, and historical and contemporary images.

Author : Aldon D. Morris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 9780029221303

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The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement by Aldon D. Morris Pdf

An account of the origins, development, and personalities of the Civil Rights movement from 1953-1963.