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Kevin R. Anderson - Agitations: Ideologies and Strategies in African American Politics - 9781557289261 - V9781557289261
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Agitations: Ideologies and Strategies in African American Politics

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Description for Agitations: Ideologies and Strategies in African American Politics Hardcover. Explores the diverse approaches of civil rights activists. This title studies these various activities in order to trace the ideological foundations of these groups and to understand how diversity among African Americans created multiple political strategies. Num Pages: 263 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
This title explores the diverse approaches of civil rights activists. Though the activities of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) were unified in their common idea of resistance to oppression, these groups fought their battles on multiple fronts. The NAACP filed lawsuits and aggressively lobbied Congress and state legislatures, while Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC challenged the racial status quo through nonviolent mass action, and the SNCC focused on community empowerment activities. In ""Agitations"", Kevin Anderson studies these various activities in ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557289261
SKU
V9781557289261
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About Kevin R. Anderson
Kevin R. Anderson is assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University.

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