The Civil Rights Movement

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The Civil Rights Movement

Jack E. Davis

Description

The Civil Rights Movement is a collection of the best new scholarship on what is arguably the most important American social movement of the twentieth century. Designed for students, the volume contains twelve essays and supporting primary documents arranged chronologically and by topic with a detailed timeline and further reading lists. Emphasizing the wide chronological and geographic scope of the movement, this collection provides a perfect source for teaching the movement with a fresh perspective and new ideas.

About the Author

Jack E. Davis teaches history at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the author of Race Against Time: Culture and Separation in Natchez since 1930 (2001).

Features

* Contains twelve key essays by renowned scholars that redefine the geographical and chronological scope of the movement.
* Features include chapters introductions, primary documents, further reading lists and a timeline.
* Emphasizes activism of the 50s and 60s and before and after, the local nature and decentralized and diverse leadership of the movement.

Series

Wiley Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History

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