American Social Movements - Civil Rights (hardcover edition) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 073771154X ISBN 13: 9780737711547

Publisher: Greenhaven Press, 2002

Synopsis

When slavery ended in the United States, white America's opinion that blacks were second class citizens did not. For more than a century afterwards African Americans struggled to obtain basic rights and change resistant attitudes in a nation that promised freedom and equality for all.

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Grade 9 Up-This examination of the social movement follows its beginnings in the Reconstruction era through to the close of the 20th century. Nineteen essays are presented chronologically. Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, Stokely Carmichael, Nat Hentoff, Martin Luther King, Jr., and James Meredith are among the historical figures and activists whose excerpted writings and speeches are anthologized. The book begins with an annotated table of contents and a historical overview and each selection includes the author's background and the context in which the words appeared. An annotated chronology, an extensive list for further reading, and a detailed index enhance the research value of this accessible volume.
Janet Woodward, Garfield High School, Seattle, WA
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Edition details

• Publisher: Greenhaven Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 073771154X
• ISBN 13: 9780737711547
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Nick Treanor