Freedom Rights (eBook)

New Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement

John Dittmer, Danielle L. McGuire (Herausgeber)

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2011
402 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-4024-7 (ISBN)

Infos

In his seminal article "e;Freedom Then, Freedom Now,"e; renowned civil rights historian Steven F. Lawson described his vision for the future study of the civil rights movement. Lawson called for a deeper examination of the social, economic, and political factors that influenced the movement's development and growth. He urged his fellow scholars to connect the "e;local with the national, the political with the social,"e; and to investigate the ideological origins of the civil rights movement, its internal dynamics, the role of women, and the significance of gender and sexuality. In Freedom Rights: New Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement, editors Danielle L. McGuire and John Dittmer follow Lawson's example, bringing together the best new scholarship on the modern civil rights movement. The work expands our understanding of the movement by engaging issues of local and national politics, gender and race relations, family, community, and sexuality. The volume addresses cultural, legal, and social developments and also investigates the roots of the movement. Each essay highlights important moments in the history of the struggle, from the impact of the Young Women's Christian Association on integration to the use of the arts as a form of activism. Freedom Rights not only answers Lawson's call for a more dynamic, interactive history of the civil rights movement, but it also helps redefine the field.

Autor

lt;P>Danielle L. McGuire, assistant professor at Wayne State University, is the author of At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Race and Resistance -- A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power. She lives in Detroit, Michigan.

John Dittmer, professor emeritus at DePauw University, is the author of The Good Doctors: The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice in Health Care. He lives in Fillmore, Indiana.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.11.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
• Reihe/Serie: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
• Zusatzinfo: 5 b&w halftones
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: African American History • barack obama and civil rights • black portrayals in hollywood • criminal disenfranchisement laws • criminal disinfranchisement laws • emmett till murder • hollywood and african american history • naacp history • post civil rights era • post civil rights era history • ronald reagan and civil rights • u.s. civil rights history • Young Women's Christian Association
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-4024-2 / 0813140242
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-4024-7 / 9780813140247