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Freedom rights, new perspectives on the civil rights movement, edited by Danielle L. McGuire and John Dittmer

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Freedom rights

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edited by Danielle L. McGuire and John Dittmer

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

new perspectives on the civil rights movement

"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

Long origins of the short civil rights movement, 1954-1968 / Steven F. Lawson -- Hollywood, the NAACP, and the cultural politics of the early civil rights movement / Justin T. Lorts -- The Young Women's Christian Association's multiracial activism in the immediate postwar era / Abigail Sara Lewis -- James and Esther Cooper Jackson, communism, and the 1950s black freedom movement / Sara Rzeszutek Haviland -- Till they come back home : transregional families and the politicization of the till generation / Krystal D. Frazier, Stacy Braukman -- Joan Little and the triumph of testimony / Danielle L. McGuire -- Gender, jazz, and justice in cold war freedom movements / Jacqueline Castledine -- EEOC politics and limits on Reagan's civil rights legacy / Emily Zuckerman -- Race and partisanship in criminal disfranchisement laws / Pippa Holloway -- "The community don't know what's good for them" : local politics in the Alabama black belt during the post-civil rights era / George Derek Musgrove and Hasan Kwame Jeffries -- "I want my country back, I want my dream back" : Barack Obama and the appeal of postracial fictions / Brian Ward