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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255080003321

Autore

Teelucksingh Jerome

Titolo

Civil Rights in America and the Caribbean, 1950s-2010s / / by Jerome Teelucksingh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9783319674568

3319674560

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiii, 143 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Palgrave pivot

Disciplina

306.08996073

Soggetti

African Americans

Culture

Civilization - History

Human rights

United States - History

Ethnology - America

African American Culture

Cultural History

Human Rights

US History

American Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Institutional Racism -- Chapter 3. Academic Revolution: Black Studies -- Chapter 4. Government Agencies and Legislation -- Chapter 5. Organizational Skills -- Chapter 6. Voices from Religions -- Chapter 7. Military, Sports and Culture -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book illustrates the parallel struggles among Blacks in the US and the Caribbean for equality and greater political participation and equal treatment during the 1960s and 1970s. In recounting the historical evolution of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movement, this book focuses on lesser-known individuals and groups such as the Students



for Racial Equality. Jerome Teelucksingh argues that these personalities and smaller organizations made valid contributions to the betterment their respective societies, connecting their work to both the cultural and social justice history of Civil Rights and to the contemporary struggles of cultural and political experience of Blacks in American and Caribbean society. The book also distinctively illustrates the contributions of Whites, ethnic minorities and non-Christians in a diverse campaign for greater political participation, better governance, poverty reduction, equality and tolerance. Jerome Teelucksingh possesses a PhD i n History. He is a lecturer at The University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago. His recent academic books include Labour and the Decolonization Struggle in Trinidad and Tobago (Palgrave, 2015) and Ideology, Politics, and Radicalism of theĀ Afro-Caribbean (Palgrave, 2016).