Civil Rights Movement (landmarks Of The American Mosaic) [Hardcover]

This book gives readers a comprehensive introduction to the topic of the Civil Rights Movementarguably the most important political movement of the 20th centuryand provides a road map for future study and historical inquiry.

Civil Rights Movementprovides a comprehensive reference guide to this momentous cultural evolution that starts in the 1930s. By beginning the story of how African Americans have long attempted to improve their lives while facing severe legislative, judicial, and political constraints, the author dispels the common misconception that black people only started their struggle to achieve equality in the mid 1950s.

The book discusses all of the major campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s within the deep southern states, border states, and northern urban areas, thereby demonstrating that the African American struggle for equality was not solely in the South. Supplying a synthesis of the latest historical research and providing an accessible historical narrative of one of the most fascinating and inspiring periods of United States history, the book is appropriate for high-school students and general readers. Judicial victories significant to the movement and the shift in the portrayal of African Americans on television and in film are also addressed.

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,
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