African American civil rights : early activism and the Niagara movement / Angela Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Angela, 1978-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Niagara Movement (Organization)--History.

Niagara Movement (Organization).

African Americans--Civil rights--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

African American women--Political activity--History--20th century.

African American women.

African American newspapers--History.

African American newspapers.

Civil rights movements--United States--History.

Civil rights movements.

African American women--Political activity.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

x, 281 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2011]

Summary:

The Niagara Movement of 1905-1910, founded by W. E. B. Dubois and 28 other African American men and women, made the public aware of injustices to African Americans, priming the pump for later activism. Author Jones (sociology, Farmingdale State College, State University of New York) charts the history of the Niagara Movement and its impact on the Civil Rights Movement and American politics. The author offers scholars a new framework for understanding social movements: the importance of 'publics,' or groups of people from different organizations who come together to question hegemonic discourses and shift public opinion by debating, talking, and interacting in public. The book draws on archival research including correspondence, meeting minutes, and financial records, as well as articles from newspapers run by founders of the movement. Brief biographies of the 29 original founders of the Niagara Movement are included. The book is illustrated with b&w photos and historical illustrations and facsimile documents. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The Niagara Movement, 1905-1910

A revisionist approach to the history of the civil rights movement

The making of Black publics

Black publics and affectual relations : the Du Bois-Washington debate revisited

Secular organizing and networking in the early civil rights movement

The beginnings of a new Negro

Niagara women and political action

Electoral activism and democracy

Rethinking the civil rights movement, 1887-1976

Collective biography of the founders of the Niagara Movement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780313393600

0313393605

9780313393617

0313393613

OCLC:

712115084