The Origins of the African-American Civil Rights Movement / Edition 1

by Ai-min Zhang

Overview

The historical relationship between American urbanization, industrialization and the emergence of the civil rights movement is examined in this thesis in order to establish why the African-American Civil Rights Movement occurred. The book discusses many factors that were fundamental to causing the rise of the civil rights movement. It begins with a brief introduction to the African-American's political, economic and social conditions since the American Civil War and goes on to consider the effects of the two Great Black Migrations in which millions of black Americans moved to the big industrial cities and began to learn how to make effective use of their voting rights to protect their own interests. Finally the book examines the effect of the Second World War and also the role of the Supreme Court.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415933827
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/23/2002
Series:	Studies in African American History and Culture
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter One The Legacy of the Civil War; Chapter Two Black Great Migrations; Chapter Three Crisis, Opportunity and the Growth of African Americans' Political Consciousness; Chapter Four The Expansion of Social Basis; Chapter Five Eve of the African American Civil Rights Movement; Chapter Six American Federal Supreme Court Decisions on Civil Rights Cases; conclusion Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

"Zhang's work gets us back to basics in reminding us of the fundamental historical forces that led to the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955." — American Historical Review

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