The Civil Rights Movement in America

University Press of Mississippi (Editora)

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The Civil Rights Movement warrants continuing and extensive examination. The six papers in this collection, each supplemented by a follow-up assessment, contribute to a clearer perception of what caused and motivated the movement, of how it functioned, of the changes that occurred within it, and of its accomplishments and shortcomings. Its profound effect upon modern America has so greatly changed relations between the races that C. Vann Woodward has called it the “second revolution.”

In a limited space the eleven scholars range with a definitive view over a large subject. Their papers analyze and emphasize the Civil Rights Movement’s important aspects: its origins and causes, its strategies and tactics for accomplishing black freedom, the creative tensions in its leadership, the politics of the movement in the key state of Mississippi, and the role of federal law and federal courts.

In this collection a scholarly balance is achieved for each paper by a follow-up commentary from a

Sobre o Livro

Coletânea de seis ensaios com comentários posteriores que abordam as origens, causas e motivações do movimento pelos direitos civis nos EUA, incluindo recortes sobre estratégias e táticas.

Artigos dedicados a tensões na liderança, à política do movimento em Mississippi e ao papel do direito federal e dos tribunais na promoção de mudanças raciais.

Texto dirigido a leitores acadêmicos e estudantes de história e ciências sociais que buscam estudos sobre funcionamento, resultados e limitações do movimento.