Civil Rights and Beyond: African American and Latino/a Activism in the Twentieth-Century United States

ISBN 10: 0820349178 / ISBN 13: 9780820349176

Published by University of Georgia Press, 2016

2016. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780820349176

Synopsis:

Civil Rights and Beyond examines the dynamic relationships between African American and Latino/a activists in the United States from the 1930s to the present day. Building on recent scholarship, this book pushes the timeframe for the study of interactions between blacks and a variety of Latino/a groups beyond the standard chronology of the civil rights era. As such, the book merges a host of community histories―each with their own distinct historical experiences and activisms―to explore group dynamics, differing strategies and activist moments, and the broader quests of these communities for rights and social justice.

The collection is framed around the concept of “activism,” which most fully encompasses the relationships that blacks and Latinos have enjoyed throughout the twentieth century. Wide ranging and pioneering, Civil Rights and Beyond explores black and Latino/a activism from California to Florida, Chicago to Bakersfield―and a host of other communities and cities―to demonstrate the complicated nature of African American–Latino/a activism in the twentieth-century United States.

Contributors: Brian D. Behnken, Dan Berger, Hannah Gill, Laurie Lahey, Kevin Allen Leonard, Mark Malisa, Gordon Mantler, Alyssa Ribeiro, Oliver A. Rosales, Chanelle Nyree Rose, and Jakobi Williams

About the Author: BRIAN BEHNKEN is Professor of history at Iowa State University. He also holds affiliate faculty positions in the U.S. Latino/a Studies and African and African American Studies Programs. He is the author of Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas and the editor of The Struggle in Black and Brown: African American and Mexican American Relations during the Civil Rights Era.
DAN BERGER is a professor of comparative ethnic studies at the University of Washington, Bothell, and the author of the award-winning Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era, among other titles. He writes regularly for Black Perspectives, Truthout, and the Washington Post and has published articles in several scholarly journals. He is a founding coordinator of the digital archive Washington Prison History Project.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Civil Rights and Beyond: African American ...
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New