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Book SynopsisThis introduction to the Civil Rights Movement synthesises its history, explaining its origins, development and results as well as historiographical debates. A survey based on a wealth of recent scholarship, it provides a critical perspective on the movement.
Trade ReviewAn excellent introduction to the Civil Rights Movement... Highly recommended. -- K J. Volanto, Collin country Community College District Social Studies of Science An excellent introduction to the Civil Rights Movement... Highly recommended.
Table of ContentsChronology; Abbreviations; 1. Prerequisites for Change; i) The Nature of Racial Discrimination; ii) The Great Migration; iii) The New Deal; iv) Challenges to Injustice in the South; 2. The Emergence of the Movement, 1941-1959; i) The Impact of the Second World War; ii) Jim Crow Under Attack; iii) Massive Resistance; iv) The Movement Stalled; 3. The End of Jim Crow in the South, 1960-1965; i) The Sit-Ins; ii) The Kennedy Administration and Civil Rights; iii) The Civil Rights Act of 1964; iv) Selam and the Voting Rights Act of 1965; 4. The Disintegration of the National Civil Rights Movement Coalition, 1964-1968; i) The Mississippi Summer Project; ii) Northern Protests; iii) Black Power; iv) The Poor People's Campaign; 5. Civil Rights in a Conservative Era; i) Nixon's 'Southern Strategy'; ii) A New South?: Protest and Politics; iii) The Struggle in the North; iv) The Federal Government and Civil Rights: From Ford to Reagan; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
