Civil Rights in America: A History

ISBN-13: 9781108444972 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 250 str.

Schmidt Christopher W. Schmidt

Opis

This book tells the story of how Americans, from the Civil War through today, have fought over the meaning of civil rights.

Recenzje

'Schmidt provides a sweeping view of the history of civil rights in America that few other books can match.' Adam Lee Cilli, Journal of Southern History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The birth of civil rights – reconstruction; 2. The transformation of civil rights – the Jim Crow years; 3. Civil rights reborn – the 1940s and 1950s; 4. Beyond civil rights – the 1960s; 5. Getting right with the civil rights movement; 6. Civil rights everywhere; Conclusion.