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1 online resource (xvi, 188 pages) |
| Contents |
Prelude to revolution : U.S. apartheid to Brown v. Board of Education -- Events : nonviolent activists v. the establishment -- Leaders : who they were, what they did -- Accomplishments : civil rights laws and the end of apartheid |
| Summary |
This work is organized into four sections. The first describes apartheid in the U.S. before Brown v. Board of Education. The causes of the revolution--the enforcement of apartheid laws by state governments, courts, police, and the KKK--are also analyzed. The second presents 54 confrontations in the struggle for Civil Rights--including court cases, boycotts, sit-ins, marches, demonstrations, and the desegregation of cities and schools--from the Moton High student strike (in Farmville, Virginia) in 1951 to 1969's hospital workers' strike in Charleston. The third is a series of 60 biographical profiles of leaders giving their educational and civil rights achievements. This section also includes a list of 40 historically significant activist organizations. The fourth section discusses six important Civil Rights laws and concludes with the general accomplishments of the struggle |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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African American leadership -- History -- 20th century
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African American civil rights workers -- Biography
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Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography
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Civil rights -- United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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African American civil rights workers
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African American leadership
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African Americans -- Civil rights
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Civil rights
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Civil rights movements
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Civil rights workers
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Race relations
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United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004009591 |
| ISBN |
9780786484225 |
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0786484225 |
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