Civil rights in the United States /
This two-volume reference offers a fresh historical perspective that sees civil rights as evolving out of many, often diverse, sources and movements, including the Bill of Rights as well as critical developments such as the African-American civil rights movement of post-World War II in America. Pres...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Macmillan Reference USA,
[2000]
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| Summary: | This two-volume reference offers a fresh historical perspective that sees civil rights as evolving out of many, often diverse, sources and movements, including the Bill of Rights as well as critical developments such as the African-American civil rights movement of post-World War II in America. Presenting theory as well as the historical realities, editors Martin (history, U. of California) and Sullivan (W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard U.) treat both the upside and the downside of the theory and practice of civil rights in the U.S. since the founding of the nation. The individual and group-based biographical entries, along with other accounts and discussions, seek to capture the diverse and various tributaries that have flowed into and out of the mighty river of civil rights. In particular, they shift the discussion to include the struggles of other peoples of color as well as of other marginalized groups such as women, lesbians and gays, immigrants, and the differently abled, thus showing that the struggle for civil rights is at the very center of the American experience. Contains many black and white photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Incorporated, Portland, OR. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm Also issued online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0028647653 9780028647654 0028647637 9780028647630 0028647645 9780028647647 |