Civil Rights Movement

This book gives readers a comprehensive introduction to the topic of the Civil Rights Movement-arguably the most important political movement of the 20th century-and provides a road map for future study and historical inquiry.
Civil Rights Movement provides a comprehensive reference guide to this momentous cultural evolution that starts in the 1930s. By beginning the story of how African Americans have long attempted to improve their lives while facing severe legislative, judicial, and political constraints, the author dispels the common misconception that black people only started their struggle to achieve equality in the mid 1950s.
The book discusses all of the major campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s within the deep southern states, border states, and northern urban areas, thereby demonstrating that the African American struggle for equality was not solely in the South. Synthesizing historical research historical research and providing an accessible historical narrative of one of the most fascinating and inspiring periods of United States history, the book is appropriate for high-school students and general readers. Judicial victories significant to the movement and the shift in the portrayal of African Americans on television and in film are also addressed.

Jamie J. Wilson is Professor of History at Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts, USA.

Series Foreword,
Introduction,
Chronology of the Movement,
ONE "I've Been 'buked and I've Been Scorned": The Rise of Jim Crow and Its Implications for African Americans,
TWO "I Want to Be Ready to Put on My Long White Robe": The Political Origins of the Civil Rights Movement,
THREE "We Shall Overcome": The Movement in Alabama,
FOUR "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'round": The Movement in Mississippi,
FIVE "A Right Denied": Court Decisions and the Civil Rights Movement,
Staci M. Rubin
SIX "We Shall Not Be Moved": The Quest for Civil Rights outside the Deep South,
SEVEN "All Power to the People": Black Power Politics during and after the Civil Rights Movement,
EIGHT From Amos 'n' Andy to I Spy: African Americans in Television and Film in the 1960s,
Conclusion,
Biographies of Figures,
Primary Documents,
Glossary,
Annotated Bibliography,
Index,