Black citizenship and authenticity in the civil rights movement /
This book explains the emergence of two competing forms of black political representation that transformed the objectives and meanings of local action, created boundaries between national and local struggles for racial equality, and prompted a white response to the civil rights movement that set the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Series: | Routledge research in race and ethnicity ;
6. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book explains the emergence of two competing forms of black political representation that transformed the objectives and meanings of local action, created boundaries between national and local struggles for racial equality, and prompted a white response to the civil rights movement that set the stage for the neoliberal turn in US policy. Randolph Hohle questions some of the most basic assumptions about the civil rights movement, including the importance of non-violence, and the movement's legacy on contemporary black politics. Non-violence was the effect of the movement's emphasis on. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 electronic resource (178 pages)) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-174) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203569115 0203569113 9781136739873 1136739874 1136739807 9781136739804 |