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Carey, with his knowledge of nonviolent resistance and his earlier contact with movement centers in Southern black communities, was a sound choice. He arrived in Durham from New York on February 7 and went directly to McKissick's home, ...
This book is the authoritative introduction to the history of black civil rights in the USA.
Discusses the causes and consequences of the movement to achieve full political, economic, and social equality for blacks.
This great effort to bring about an end to racial segregation and discrimination brought people, and political and social change to the forefront that would go down in history.
John G. Sproat, "Perspectives on Desegregation in South Carolina," in Robert H. Abzug and Stephen E. Maizlish, eds., New Perspectives on Race and Slavery in America (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1986), pp, 164-84, ...
Presents information on the Civil Rights Movement in the United States between 1954 and 1968, focusing on events and figures from African American history.
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Marking 55 years since the landmark Civil Rights Act was signed into law, this book takes you on a fascinating journey through the defining moments of America's Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s.
This brand new edition of The Civil Rights Movement chronicles the growth of the mass movement from its origins after the Second World War to the destruction of segregated society, before charting the movement’s path through the 20th ...
Offers a brief history of the African American struggle for freedom, equality, and civil rights.