The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

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The author shows how the black community used the institutions created by de jure segregation to overcome apartheid and white resistance. He emphasizes their influence on other groups demanding justice in America and warns that recent events and administrations have endangered the gains made by the movement.

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The Civil Rights Movement by William Tmartin Riches

This completely revised and updated edition focuses on the African-American struggle for civil rights from 1945 to 2002. William T. Martin Riches shows how the black community used the institutions created by "de jure" segregation to overcome apartheid and white resistance. Riches emphasizes their influence on other groups demanding justice in America and warns that subsequent events and administrations have endangered the gains made by the movement.
WILLIAM T. MARTIN RICHES was formerly Senior Lecturer and Convenor of American Studies at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown.
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ISBN 13 9781403916051
ISBN 10 1403916055
Title The Civil Rights Movement
Author William Tmartin Riches
Series Studies In Contemporary History
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Palgrave USA
Year published 2004-05-14
Number of pages 248
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.