African-Americans and the Quest for Civil Rights, 1900-1990 / Sean Dennis Cashman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cashman, Sean Dennis, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

Racism--United States--History--20th century.

Racism.

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

Civil rights movements.

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [1991]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this lavishly illustrated volume, Sean Dennis Cashman surveys the history of civil rights in twentieth-century America. The book charts the principal course of civil rights against the dramatic backdrop of two world wars, the Great Depression, the affluent society of the postwar world, the cultural and social agitation of the 1960s, and the emergence of the new conservatism of the 1970s and 1980s.Cashman describes the profound upheaval that African-Americans experienced as they moved from the outright racism of the South through the Great Migration northward from 1915, and sets the contribution of African-American leaders within their historical context: Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, A. Philip Randolph, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and many others. The work also describes the shift in emphasis in the movement from legal cases brought before the courts to mass protest movements and, later, the change in direction from civil rights to Black Power and, later, Pan-Africanism. Far more than just a history of civil rights leaders, this book explains how the achievements of African-American writers, artists, singers, and athletes contributed to a wider understanding of the humanity and culture of black Americans. Cashman details, among others, the achievements of the Harlem Renaissance, the films of Paul Robeson and Marian Anderson, and the works of Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison. Written in an engaging style, the text is accompanied by a wealth of illustrations, some well known, others in print for the first time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Southern Efficiency and Northern Charm

2. Not in the Mood

3. Made Visible

4. "Black and White Together, We Shall Overcome": Martin Luther King and the Emergence of the Civil Rights Movement

5. A Dream beyond the New Frontier

6. Civil Rights and Black Power

7. Chaos Is Come Again

8. Political Access

9. The Moving Finger

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-308) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

0-8147-2359-4

OCLC:

782877924