Bibliograph

Toward freedom land, the long struggle for racial equality in America, Harvard Sitkoff

Type

Label

Toward freedom land, the long struggle for racial equality in America, Harvard Sitkoff

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Toward freedom land

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

697182008

Responsibility statement

Harvard Sitkoff

Sub title

the long struggle for racial equality in America

Summary

The ongoing struggle for civil rights and social justice lies at the heart of America's evolving identity. The pursuit of equal rights is often met with social and political trepidation, forcing citizens and leaders to grapple with controversial issues of race, class, and gender. Renowned scholar Harvard Sitkoff has devoted his life to the study of the civil rights movement, becoming a key figure in global human rights discussions and an authority on American liberalism

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The preconditions for racial change -- The New Deal and race relations -- The Detroit race riot of 1943 -- Racial militancy and interracial violence in the Second World War -- African American militancy in the World War II South : another perspective -- Willkie as liberal : civil liberties and civil rights -- African Americans, American Jews, and the Holocaust -- Harry Truman and the election of 1948 : the coming of age of civil rights in American politics -- Martin Luther King Jr. : seeing Lazarus, 1967-1968 -- The second reconstruction

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