Freedom rights : new perspectives on the civil rights movement

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The work Freedom rights : new perspectives on the civil rights movement represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Freedom rights : new perspectives on the civil rights movement

Title remainder

new perspectives on the civil rights movement

Statement of responsibility

edited by Danielle L. McGuire and John Dittmer

Contributor

• McGuire, Danielle L
• Dittmer, John, 1939-

Subject

• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Civil Rights
• HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
• 1900-1999
• Electronic books
• History
• Freedom of speech -- United States
• African Americans -- Civil rights
• Civil rights movements
• United States -- Race relations
• Law
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Human Rights
• Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• United States
• United States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
• Civil rights movements -- United States -- History
• Race relations
• Civil rights movements
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century

Genre

• History
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

"In his seminal article 'Freedom Then, Freedom Now, ' renowned civil rights historian Steven F. Lawson described his vision for the future study of the civil rights movement. Lawson called for a deeper examination of the social, economic, and political factors that influenced the movement's development and growth. He urged his fellow scholars to connect the 'local with the national, the political with the social, ' and to investigate the ideological origins of the civil rights movement, its internal dynamics, the role of women, and the significance of gender and sexuality. In Freedom Rights: New Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement, editors Danielle L. McGuire and John Dittmer follow Lawson's example, bringing together the best new scholarship on the modern civil rights movement. The work expands our understanding of the movement by engaging issues of local and national politics, gender and race relations, family, community, and sexuality. The volume addresses cultural, legal, and social developments and also investigates the roots of the movement. Each essay highlights important moments in the history of the struggle, from the impact of the Young Women's Christian Association on integration to the use of the arts as a form of activism. Freedom Rights not only answers Lawson's call for a more dynamic, interactive history of the civil rights movement, but it also helps redefine the field"--Provided by publisher

Member of

• Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century

Cataloging source

E7B

Dewey number

323.1196/073

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

E185.615

LC item number

.F735 2011eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century