| Description |
xiv, 384 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: United States : Viking Penguin, 2001. |
| Contents |
The failure of Reconstruction and the triumph of white supremacy -- Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching -- Booker T. Washington and the strategy of accommodation -- The rise of the NAACP -- The Great War and racial equality -- Marcus Garvey and the UNIA -- The radical thirties -- Blacks in the segregated South, 1919-42 -- The NAACP's challenge to white supremacy, 1935-45 -- Two steps forward and one step back, 1946-55 -- The nonviolent rebellion, 1955-60 -- The Civil Rights Movement, 1960-63 -- Birmingham, the Freedom Summer, and Selma -- The rise and fall of Black Power -- The continuing struggle. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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Southern States. |
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements. |
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United States. |
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Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
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Southern States -- Race relations.
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| ISBN |
0142001295 |
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0670875929 CASED |
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