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The civil rights movement : a reference guide / Peter B. Levy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levy, Peter B., author.
- Series:
- Guides to historic events in America.
- Guides to historic events in America
- Standardized Title:
- Civil rights movement in America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--Encyclopedias.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--Encyclopedias.
- Civil rights movements.
- Civil rights workers--United States--Biography--Encyclopedias.
- Civil rights workers.
- United States--Race relations--Encyclopedias.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 282 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California ; Denver, Colorado : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019]
- Summary:
- This book provides a concise overview of the most important social movement of the 20th century and will expand readers' understanding of the fight for racial equality.
- Contents:
- ch. 1. The modern civil rights movement: an overview
- ch. 2. Freedom's coming and it won't be long: the origins of the civil rights movement
- ch. 3. Mississippi: "is this America?" A case study of the movement
- ch. 4. In the north too: the black freedom struggle outside of Dixie
- ch. 5. Sisterhood is powerful: women and the civil rights movement
- ch. 6. From Civil rights to Black Lives Matter.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-267) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400626753
- 9798216061236
- 9781440863011
- 1440863016
- OCLC:
- 1099542900
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