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Author Levy, Peter B., author.

Title The civil rights movement : a reference guide / Peter B. Levy.

Publication Info. Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019]
©2019

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Edition Second edition.
Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 282 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Guides to historic events in America
Guides to historic events in America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Ch. 1. The modern civil rights movement: an overview -- ch. 2. Freedom's coming and it won't be long: the origins of the civil rights movement -- ch. 3. Mississippi: "is this America?" A case study of the movement -- ch. 4. In the north too: the black freedom struggle outside of Dixie -- ch. 5. Sisterhood is powerful: women and the civil rights movement -- ch. 6. From Civil rights to Black Lives Matter.
Summary This book provides a concise overview of the most important social movement of the 20th century and will expand readers' understanding of the fight for racial equality.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Encyclopedias.
Civil rights movements.
United States.
History.
Genre/Form Encyclopedias.
Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Encyclopedias.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Encyclopedias.
Civil rights workers.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject United States -- Race relations -- Encyclopedias.
Race relations.
Genre/Form History.
Encyclopedias.
Biographies.
Added Title Civil rights movement in America.
Other Form: Print version: Levy, Peter B., author. Civil rights movement Second edition. Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019] 9781440863004 (DLC) 2019020667
ISBN 9781440863011 electronic book
1440863016 electronic book
9781440863004