Democracy rising : South Carolina and the fight for Black equality since 1865
A comprehensive history of the African American fight for racial equality from the standpoint of the civil rights movement in South Carolina, Democracy Rising examines the struggle from the end of the Civil War through the modern civil rights movement of the 1960s. In an effort to broaden our understanding of civil rights and democracy in America, Peter F. Lau describes how conflicts born of the state's history of racial exclusion and discrimination continue to shape the social problems and promises of our time. At the center of the book is the National Association for the Advancement of Color
History
1 online resource (xiii, 334 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
9780813171296, 9780813159126, 0813171296, 0813159121
70262482
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Riot and reaction: the lineaments of reinvention
Radicalism and liberal reform: the NAACP during the New Deal
Civil rights and collective action: the battle for Black empowerment
Popular fronts: from New Deal coalition to Black rights revolution
Cold war civil rights: Brown v. Board of Education and the emerging power of the periphery
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
English
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