Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



The movement : the African American struggle for civil rights  Cover Image Book Book

The movement : the African American struggle for civil rights / Thomas C. Holt.

Summary:

The civil rights movement was among the most important historical developments of the twentieth century and one of the most remarkable mass movements in American history. In The Movement, Thomas C. Holt provides an informed and nuanced understanding of the origins, character, and objectives of the mid-twentieth-century freedom struggle, re-centering the narrative around the mobilization of ordinary people.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780197525791
  • ISBN: 0197525792
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-137) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Carrie's rebellion -- Before Montgomery -- Communities organizing for change : New South cities -- Communities organizing for change along the New "Old South" -- Organizing in the "American Congo" : Mississippi's Freedom Summer and its aftermath -- Freedom movements in the North -- Legacies : "Freedom is a constant struggle".
Subject: African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Social conditions > To 1964.
African Americans > Social conditions > 1964-1975.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States > History > 1953-1961.
United States > History > 1961-1969.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Baker Richland Branch 323.1196073 .H758m 2021 (Text) 37814003343861 NON-FICTION Available -


Additional Resources