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Author King, Richard H.

Title Civil rights and the idea of freedom / Richard H. King.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 269 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-254) and index.
Contents Introduction; 1. The Repertory of Freedom; 2. The Experience of Politics; 3. Self-interest and Self-respect; 4. Martin Luther King and the Meanings of Freedom; 5. Martin Luther King: Authorship and Ideas; 6. SNCC, Participatory Politics, and the People; 7. Violence and Self-respect: Fanon and Black Radicalism; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Summary The author attempts to delineate the important ideas that developed from the political experience of the US Civil Rights Movement. He argues that the Movement was not so much about ending segregation, as having blacks recognized as individuals whose sense of self-worth could be enhanced.
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Subject African Americans -- Civil rights.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Moral and ethical aspects.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Civil rights movements -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Civil rights movements -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Indexed Term Black persons Rights Protest movements
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: King, Richard H. Civil rights and the idea of freedom. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992 0195065077 (DLC) 91017504 (OCoLC)23689579
ISBN 1423764323 (electronic book)
9781423764328 (electronic book)
9780195065077 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
0195065077 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
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9781601297792
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9781280525117