African-Americans and the Quest for Civil Rights, 1900-1990 /

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

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 cultur...

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Cashman, Sean Dennis,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1991]
©1991
Year of Publication:1991
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE BEFORE
  • Introduction
  • 1. Southern Efficiency and Northern Charm
  • 2. Not in the Mood
  • PART TWO. THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • PART THREE. AFTER
  • Introduction
  • 8. Political Access
  • 9. The Moving Finger
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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