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The civil rights movement

Author: Peter B Levy
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
Series: Greenwood Press guides to historic events of the twentieth century.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Six essays capture the drama and conflict of the struggle, covering, among other topics, the origins of the movement, the fight for legal equality, the role of women, and the lasting effects of the protests of the 1950s and 1960s. Ready-reference features include biographical profiles of 20 activists, from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X to Ella Jo Baker and Bayard Rustin, a chronology, bibliography, and  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Sources
Biography
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Levy, Peter B.
Civil rights movement.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998
(OCoLC)605550718
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Peter B Levy
ISBN: 0313298548 9780313298547
OCLC Number: 37187413
Description: xxiv, 226 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents: The modern civil rights movement: an overview --
Freedom's coming and it won't be long: the origins of the Civil Rights Movement --
Mississippi: "is this America?" a case study of the movement --
With all deliberate speed: the fight for legal equality --
Sisterhood is powerful: women and the civil rights movement --
A second redemption?
Series Title: Greenwood Press guides to historic events of the twentieth century.
Responsibility: Peter B. Levy.

Abstract:

Six essays capture the drama and conflict of the struggle, covering, among other topics, the origins of the movement, the fight for legal equality, the role of women, and the lasting effects of the protests of the 1950s and 1960s. Ready-reference features include biographical profiles of 20 activists, from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X to Ella Jo Baker and Bayard Rustin, a chronology, bibliography, and photographs. This work also contains 15 primary documents, including presidential addresses and speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X, and George Wallace.

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