Aimed at students of contemporary American politics and society, this study traces the divergent elements for political, social and moral reform in non-white America during the period 1945-1990, and analyses the vision of multi-racial democracy and social transformation. This period was marked by the emergence of a powerful black working class against the decline of the Southern black peasantry; by the successful effort to abolish legal segregation; by the outbreak of Black Power, urban rebellion and the renaissance of black nationalism; by the increased participation of black and other ethnic groups in the electoral and government systems; and by the white political backlash against racial equality. This new and fully revised edition brings the book up to the 1990's, with up-to-date notes and bibliography.
Table of contents:
Preface to the Second Edition and First Edition - Prologue: The Legacy of the First Reconstruction - The Cold War in Black America, 1945-1954 - The Demand for Reform, 1954-1960 - We Shall Overcome, 1960-1965 - Black Power, 1965-1970 - Black Rebellion: Zenith and Decline, 1970-1976 - Reaction: The Demise of the Second Reconstruction, 1976-1982 - The Paradox of Integration: Black Society, and Politics in the Post-Reform Period, 1982-1990 - Epilogue: The Vision and the Power - Notes and Bibliography
Table of contents:
Preface to the Second Edition and First Edition - Prologue: The Legacy of the First Reconstruction - The Cold War in Black America, 1945-1954 - The Demand for Reform, 1954-1960 - We Shall Overcome, 1960-1965 - Black Power, 1965-1970 - Black Rebellion: Zenith and Decline, 1970-1976 - Reaction: The Demise of the Second Reconstruction, 1976-1982 - The Paradox of Integration: Black Society, and Politics in the Post-Reform Period, 1982-1990 - Epilogue: The Vision and the Power - Notes and Bibliography