The Civil Rights Movement: A Very Short Introduction

by Thomas C. Holt

The Civil Rights Movement was among the most important historical developments of the twentieth century and one of the most remarkable mass movements in American history. Not only did it decisively change the legal and political status of African Americans, but it prefigured as well the moral premises and methods of struggle for other historically oppressed groups seeking equal standing in American society. And, yet, despite a vague, sometimes begrudging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190605421
• ISBN13: 9780190605421
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.6" x 6.9"