The origins of the civil rights movement: Black communities organizing for change - Hardcover

Morris, Aldon D

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 002922120X ISBN 13: 9780029221204

Publisher: Collier Macmillan, 1984

Synopsis

A “valuable, eye-opening work” (The Boston Globe) about the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s.On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Mrs. Rosa Parks, weary after a long day at work, refused to give up her bus seat to a white manâ ¦and ignited the explosion that was the civil rights movement in America. In this powerful saga, Morris tells the complete story behind the ten years that transformed America, tracing the essential role of the black community organizations that was the real power behind the civil rights movement. Drawing on interviews with more than fifty key leaders, original documents, and other moving firsthand material, he brings to life the people behind the scenes who led the fight to end segregation, providing a critical new understanding of the dynamics of social change.

“An important addition to our knowledge of the strategies of social change for all oppressed peoples.” â Reverend Jesse Jackson

“A benchmark studyâ ¦setting the historical record straight.” â The New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Collier Macmillan
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 002922120X
• ISBN 13: 9780029221204
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 354