We Shall Overcome | The Politics of Civil Rights, May 1963 to August 1964

David McKinstry

ISBN 10: 3639107632 / ISBN 13: 9783639107630

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

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We Shall Overcome | The Politics of Civil Rights, May 1963 to August 1964 | David McKinstry | Taschenbuch | Englisch | VDM Verlag Dr. Müller | EAN 9783639107630 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: We Shall Overcome | The Politics of Civil Rights, May 1963 to August 1964
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639107632
• ISBN 13: 9783639107630
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This is a study of the civil rights policies of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.It examines the period from May 1963 to August 1964, which witnessed radical changes in presidential policy agendas on civil rights. By the summer of 1964 with the passage of both the Civil Rights Act and the Economic Opportunity Act, the Johnson administration had responded to African-American demands that the federal government pass wide- ranging legislation to address both constitutional and socio-economic inequality.This book highlights the importance of long-term national developments, which witnessed the established civil rights organisations, in particular the NAACP, becoming integral partners in the national New Deal coalition before the advent of the mass civil rights movement of the early 1960s. Civil rights organisations viewed the constitutional and socio-economic civil rights agendas as being inseparable during 1963 and 1964. Moreover, these organisations were able to exert their power as a key constituency within the New Deal coalition to persuade the Johnson administration to accede immediately to their demands for civil rights laws.

About the Author

Dr David McKinstry teaches History in the Humanities Department of Port Glasgow High School, Scotland. He read History at Glasgow University and recieved his Phd from Strathclyde University. He has taught History in Secondary and Higher Education for the past twenty years and is currently writing a biography on Lyndon Johnson.