Civil rights history from the ground up : local struggles, a national movement / edited by Emilye Crosby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crosby, Emilye.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Race relations.

United States--History, Local.

Local history.

Physical Description:

xviii, 508 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, [2011]

Summary:

This collection of sixteen essays on US civil rights history explores the impact of grass roots action, often sanitized or ignored in current national-level narratives, on the development of effective tactics and the synergistic strength of the wider movement. Topics discussed include women and gender in the civil rights narrative, poor people's campaigns, non-violence and community defense organizations and the effects of refining and distilling history on contemporary empowerment. The contributors are historians from a variety of American universities. Numerous black and white photographs support the text. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780820329635

0820329630

9780820338651

0820338656

OCLC:

658200401

Publisher Number:

99942757501