The Civil Rights Movement

by Mark Newman

Book Overview

Mark Newman outlines the range of white responses to the Civil Rights Movement and analyses both northern and southern opinion. He examines the role of the federal government, the church and organized labor, as well as the impact of the Cold War. The book discusses local, regional, and national civil rights campaigns; the utility of nonviolent direct action; and the resurgence of Black Nationalism. And it explains the development, achievements...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275985296
• ISBN13: 9780275985295
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.7"