Civil rights crossroads : nation, community, and the Black freedom struggle

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Civil rights crossroads : nation, community, and the Black freedom struggle

Steven F. Lawson

University Press of Kentucky, c2003

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Includes bibliographical references (p.[354]-363) and index

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Contents of Works

  • Studying the Civil Rights Movement
  • Freedom then, freedom now
  • Lyndon B. Johnson and the Black freedom struggle
  • Exploring Johnson's civil rights policy
  • The improbable emancipator
  • Mixing moderation with militancy
  • Civil rights and Black politics
  • From boycotts to ballots
  • Preserving the second reconstruction
  • The unmaking of the second reconstruction
  • From the bottom up
  • Florida's little Scottsboro
  • Investigations and massive resistance
  • From sit-in to race riot
  • New paths of exploration
  • Rock 'n' roll, the payola scandal, and the political culture of civil rights
  • Women, civil rights, and black liberation

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Steven F. Lawson has established himself as a leading historian of the black struggle for equality. In these writings he examines the civil rights movement from a variety of perspectives - local and national, political and social - to offer insights into the movement and its influence on society.

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