This book gives readers a comprehensive introduction to the topic of the Civil Rights Movement—arguably the most important political movement of the 20th century—and provides a road map for future study and historical inquiry.
Series Foreword, Introduction, Chronology of the Movement, ONE "I've Been 'buked and I've Been Scorned": The Rise of Jim Crow and Its Implications for African Americans, TWO "I Want to Be Ready to Put on My Long White Robe": The Political Origins of the Civil Rights Movement, THREE "We Shall Overcome": The Movement in Alabama, FOUR "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'round": The Movement in Mississippi, FIVE "A Right Denied": Court Decisions and the Civil Rights Movement, Staci M. Rubin SIX "We Shall Not Be Moved": The Quest for Civil Rights outside the Deep South, SEVEN "All Power to the People": Black Power Politics during and after the Civil Rights Movement, EIGHT From Amos 'n' Andy to I Spy: African Americans in Television and Film in the 1960s, Conclusion, Biographies of Figures, Primary Documents, Glossary, Annotated Bibliography, Index,
Jamie J. Wilson is associate professor of modern United States and African American history at Salem State University, Salem, MA.
This work is recommended for all African American history and
culture collections.
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