These Yet to Be United States: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in America Since 1945 (Wadsworth Books on America Since 1945) - Softcover

Theoharis, Jeanne; Theoharis, Athan

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9780155069893: These Yet to Be United States: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in America Since 1945 (Wadsworth Books on America Since 1945)

Synopsis

Mixing aspects of social, political, and institutional history, authors Athan and Jeanne Theoharis survey the quest for equal rights and social justice in the last half-century. This text shows how individuals have sought to affect civil rights and liberties at the grassroots level, and how government has reacted to these individuals' attempts to affect change. In particular, the authors discuss the problematic status of civil liberties, civil rights, and civil dissent during the Cold War era--providing a vital, critical insight into post-1945 politics. This volume is part of the AMERICA SINCE 1945 series--a collection of brief texts that seek to define the ways in which the United States has changed in the last 50 years.

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About the Authors

Jeanne Theoharis, is an assistant professor in the department of African studies at Brooklyn College. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and held a two-year appointment as visiting assistant professor at Michigan. She has written numerous articles on the civil rights movement in the North and South and the politics of race in contemporary America, and is co-editing FREEDOM NORTH: CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLES OUTSIDE OF THE SOUTH, 1940-1980 with Komozi Woodard and Matthew Countryman, to be published in the fall.

Athan Theoharis is a professor of history at Marquette University, a specialist on twentieth-century U.S. history with a particular research interest in McCarthyism, federal surveillance policy, and the FBI. He has published extensively and has been the recipient of numerous research grants and awards. His most recent publications have focused on the FBI.

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