Causes and Consequences of the African American Civil Rights Movement

Weber, Michael

ISBN 10: 0817240586 / ISBN 13: 9780817240585

Published by Heinemann/Raintree (edition First Edition), 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Causes and Consequences of the African American Civil Rights Movement
• Publisher: Heinemann/Raintree (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0817240586
• ISBN 13: 9780817240585
• Binding: Library Binding
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Discusses the causes and consequences of the movement to achieve full political, economic, and social equality for blacks.

Reviews

Grade 6-10AOpening with lines from Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, Weber traces the legal and social history of African Americans in the U.S. that led up to and followed that highpoint of the March on Washington in 1963. Archival engravings and primary-source quotations in sidebars enliven the background survey of the early slave trade through the founding of the NAACP. The author notes the importance of individuals such as Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, and A. Philip Randolph, as well as Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. The events of the 1950s and '60s, such as the integration of schools, public transportation and accommodations, growing urban tensions, and the rise of the black power movement are covered in greater detail. The book concludes with a look at the enduring problems and the lasting achievements. The material is attractively presented in short chunks and extensively illustrated with full-color and black-and-white photographs and reproductions. Suggestions for further reading offer a wide range of titles.AKathleen Isaacs, Edmund Burke School, Washington, DC
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