Running for freedom : civil rights and Black politics in America since 1941 / Steven F. Lawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawson, Steven F., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans.

African Americans--Politics and government.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

United States.

History.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xv, 392 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Summary:

Running for Freedom charts the monumental struggle for African-American civil rights and the impact of that movement in transforming the American political system in the South and nationwide since 1941. This third edition includes new material on the Clinton administration, the controversial 2000 and 2004 presidential elections and what they revealed about new methods of black disfranchisement, and the disaster that Hurricane Katrina wrought on New Orleans and the lessons it taught about the persistence of race and class discrimination in the United States. Finally, this volume describes the rise to power of Barack Obama and the achievement of black political legitimacy.

Contents:

World War II and the origins of the freedom struggle

Ballots, boycotts, and the building of a national agenda

Surging protest, shifting politics

Reenfranchisement and racial consciousness

The new Black politicians : from protest to empowerment

Progress and poverty : politics in a conservative era

In search of legitimacy

Hope and despair : the 1990s

Still running for freedom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-379) and index.

ISBN:

9781405171267

140517126X

OCLC:

241304467