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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786552003321

Autore

Zhang Aimin <1971-, >

Titolo

The origins of African American civil rights movement, 1865-1956 / / Zhang Aimin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-317-79465-6

1-315-81114-6

1-317-79466-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Collana

Studies in African American History and Culture

Disciplina

323.1/196073

Soggetti

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 19th century

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

Civil rights movements - United States - History - 19th century

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Original Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One THE LEGACY OF THE CIVIL WAR; The African Americans' Rights were not Secured by the Reconstruction; The Establishment and Development of the Racial Segregation System; The Initial Responses of African Americans; Chapter Two BLACK GREAT MIGRATIONS; The Conditions Prior to the First Great Migration; The First Great Migration (1916-1929); The Great Migration during the Second World War and Afterwards

Chapter Three CRISIS, OPPORTUNITY AND THE GROWTH OF AFRICAN AMERICANS' POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESSThe African Americans Turned to the Democratic Party; The Growth of African American Political Power; The African Americans' Civil Activities; Chapter Four THE EXPANSION OF SOCIAL BASIS; The Struggles between Liberals and Conservatives inside the Democrat Party; The Involvement of the Left in the Fight for Racial Justice; American Labor Organizations in the Civil Rights Movement; Changes in American Intellectual Circles; Chapter Five EVE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RICHTS MOVEMENT

African Americans' AwakeningThe March on Washington Movement;



Chapter Six AMERICAN FEDERAL SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON CIVIL RIGHTS CASES; Civil Rights Cases; Voting Rights Cases; Education Cases; The Brown Decision; Conclusion; Bibliography; Principal Cases Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.