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

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Lawson, Steven F., 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• African Americans--Civil rights.
• 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.
• Political science.

Genre:

• History.

Physical Description:

xv, 445 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

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
• Toward a more perfect union: the Obama presidency.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Lawson, Steven F., 1945- Running for freedom

ISBN:

• 9781118836545
• 1118836545

OCLC:

881560393