Peace and Freedom: The Civil Rights and Antiwar Movements in the 196s

by Simon Hall

Book Overview

Two great social causes held center stage in American politics in the 1960s: the civil rights movement and the antiwar groundswell in the face of a deepening American military commitment in Vietnam. In Peace and Freedom, Simon Hall explores two linked themes: the civil rights movement's response to the war in Vietnam on the one hand and, on the other, the relationship between the black groups that opposed the war and the mainstream peace...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812219759
• ISBN13: 9780812219753
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"