Documentary History of the Modern Civil Rights Movement

Herausgeber: Levy, Peter B.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the story of the civil rights movement through the written and spoken words of those who participated in it. It includes both classic texts, such as Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech and his Letter from Birmingham Jail, and lesser-known gems, such as Robert Moses' Letter from a Mississippi Jail Cell and James Lawson's address to SNCC's 1960 founding meeting. The volume emphasizes the role that ordinary people played in the struggle for freedom and equality and also displays the breadth of the civil rights movement. It contains documents written by members of all the well-known civil rights organizations, such as SCLC, NAACP, SNCC, CORE, and the Black Panther Party, as well as pieces written by independent and relatively unknown figures, such as Jo Ann Gibson Robinson and Sheyann Webb. In addition, it includes documents demonstrating the ferocity of white resistance to black equality, such as George Wallace's 1963 Inaugural Address. This is a documentary collection that has been needed for a long time. The burgeoning interest in the civil rights movement argues for such a work, and the need to have the experience of the movement in the participants' own words demands it. . . . Levy's collection . . . is the best and most accessible. Randall M. Miller Director of American Studies Saint Joseph's University Drawing on research by recent scholars, the volume emphasizes the role that ordinary people played in the struggle for freedom and equality and also displays the breadth of the civil rights movement. It contains documents written by members of all the well-known civil rights organizations: SCLC, NAACP, SNCC, CORE, and the Black Panther Party. It includes pieces written by independent and relatively unknown figures, such as Jo Ann Gibson Robinson and Sheyann Webb. In addition, it includes documents demonstrating the ferocity of white resistance to black equality, such as George Wallace's 1963 Inaugural Address. The book fills a void, providing a balanced single-volume reader on the civil rights movement. It will be valuable to all those interested in Afro-American history, race relations, the 1960s, and recent United States history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 616g
• ISBN-13: 9780313272332
• ISBN-10: 0313272336
• Artikelnr.: 25569767

Autorenporträt

PETER B. LEVY is Assistant Professor of History at York College in Pennsylvania. He is the author of The New Left and Labor in America, 1960-1972 (forthcoming).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Anticipating the Movement Desegregating the Schools The
Montgomery Bus Boycott The Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides The Fires of Discord
Birmingham and the Great March Mississippi: Opening the Closed Society
Selma: The Bridge to Freedom Black Power The Civil Rights Movement and
Other Social Movements White Resistance The Struggle Continues Appendix:
Statistical Profile of Black America Suggested Readings Index