Running for freedom: civil rights and black politics in America since 1941

While most other titles focus on the movement-building aspects of the civil rights story and while case studies of local communities have multiplied, Running for Freedom is the only short, teachable volume that analyzes both black political mobilization and the evolution of national civil rights policy. It is a rare interpretive synthesis that explores the interplay between the local and the national dimensions of the civil rights story, between grassroots activists and federal officials, and between the North and South. INDICE: Preface. 1. World War II and the Origins of the Freedom Struggle. 2. Ballots, Boycotts, and the Building of a National Agenda. 3. Surging Protest, Shifting Politics. 4. Reenfranchisement and Racial Consciousness. 5. The New Black Politicians: From Protest to Empowerment. 6. Progress and Poverty: Politics in a Conservative Era. 7. In Search of Legitimacy. 8. Hope and Despair: the 1990s. 9. Still Running for Freedom. Bibliographical Essay. Index

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-7126-7
• Editorial: Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 408
• Fecha Publicación: 07/11/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés