The Debate on Black Civil Rights in America: Second Edition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526174673)

This book examines the historiography of the African American freedom struggle from the 1890s to the present. It considers how, and why, the study of African American history developed from being a marginalized subject in American universities and colleges at the start of the twentieth century to become one of the most extensively researched fields in American history today.

There is analysis of the changing scholarly interpretations of African American leaders from Booker T. Washington through to Barack Obama. The impact and significance of the leading civil rights organizations are assessed, as well as the white segregationists who opposed them and the civil rights policies of presidential administrations from Woodrow Wilson to Donald Trump.

The civil rights struggle is also discussed in the context of wider, political, social and economic changes in the United States and developments in popular culture.

Author: Kevern Verney
ISBN-10: 1526174677
ISBN-13: 9781526174673
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2024
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d