The American Civil Rights Movement

by Harold E. Cheatham, Robert Green Jr, Harold Cheatham

Book Overview

The American Civil Rights Movement: A documentary history collects in a single, brief volume, documents reflecting key aspects of the Civil Rights Movement: the voices of social activists (and opponents), the legal struggle in the courts, and governmental responses to civil rights issues - public statements, executive orders, legislation.

The book is a deliberate attempt to address the shortcomings of capsule histories of the Movement, histories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719070139
• ISBN13: 9780719070136
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"