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  • © 1997

The Civil Rights Movement

Struggle and Resistance

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  1. William T. Martin Riches
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Part of the book series: Studies in Contemporary History (SCH)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-14

  3. Transformation of Politics: Civil Rights 1945–58

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    Pages 15-38

  4. Grass-Roots Resistance in the South

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    Pages 39-55

  5. A New Frontier? JFK, Civil Rights and Mass Protest

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    Pages 56-75

  6. The Great Society and the Limits of Liberalism

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    Pages 76-97

  7. Nixon, Reagan and the New Right

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    Pages 98-120

  8. Transformations: A New South?

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    Pages 121-141

  9. Ripples from the Pond

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    Pages 142-160

  10. Bush, Clinton, Willie Horton and American Politics

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    Pages 161-178

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 179-196
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About this book

How did a relatively powerless minority bring down the whole system of racial segregation in America within a single generation? The civil rights movement led to the dismantlement of institutionalised racism and transformed American society. William Riches chronicles the growth of the mass movement from its origins in less well documented battles for civil liberties, through to its eventual success with the destruction of a de jure segregated society.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Civil Rights Movement

  • Book Subtitle: Struggle and Resistance

  • Authors: William T. Martin Riches

  • Series Title: Studies in Contemporary History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25880-2

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1997

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 196

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: US History, Social History

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