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Civil Rights Since 1787
Birnbaum
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Description for Civil Rights Since 1787
Paperback. The struggle of civil rights in America can be traced back to the arrival of the first Africans. This text tells the story of the civil rights struggle in its full context, emphasizing the role of those ignored by history, as well as the part played by education and religion. Editor(s): Birnbaum, Jonathan; Taylor, Clarence. Num Pages: 936 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1633.
Winner of the 2001 Gustavus Myers Program Book Award. Contrary to simple textbook tales, the civil rights movement did not arise spontaneously in 1954 with the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. The black struggle for civil rights can be traced back to the arrival of the first Africans, and to their work in the plantations, manufacturies, and homes of the Americas. Civil rights was thus born as labor history. Civil Rights Since 1787 tells the story of that struggle in its full context, dividing the struggle ... Read more
Winner of the 2001 Gustavus Myers Program Book Award. Contrary to simple textbook tales, the civil rights movement did not arise spontaneously in 1954 with the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. The black struggle for civil rights can be traced back to the arrival of the first Africans, and to their work in the plantations, manufacturies, and homes of the Americas. Civil rights was thus born as labor history. Civil Rights Since 1787 tells the story of that struggle in its full context, dividing the struggle ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
1744g
Number of Pages
936
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814782491
SKU
V9780814782491
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99-50
About Birnbaum
Jonathan Birnbaum is the editor, with Bertell Ollman, of The United States Constitution: 200 Years of Anti-Federalist, Abolitionist, Feminist, Muckraking, Progressive, and Especially Socialist Criticism (also available from NYU Press). His work has appeared in The Guardian, New Politics, Socialism & Democracy, New Political Science, and other publications. He lives in Illinois. Clarence Taylor is Professor ... Read more
Reviews for Civil Rights Since 1787
An unusually challenging illumination of our still very unfinished history of equal protection of the laws. No classroom, library, or legislature at any level should be without it, and nearly everyone will want to argue with parts of it. -Nat Hentoff,author of Living the Bill of Rights and Free Speech for Me-But Not for Thee ... Read more