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The Civil Rights Movement

by: Davis, Jack E.

The Civil Rights Movement

by: Davis, Jack E.

ISBN 13:
9780631220442
ISBN 10:
0631220445
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/19/2000
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Summary

The Civil Rights Movement is a collection of the best scholarship on one of America's most important social movements. Editor Jack Davis expands the usual historical boundaries of the Civil Rights Movement as he follows it from pre-World War II activism to the affirmative action initiatives begun in the 1960s. These essays reveal the grassroots character of the movement by exploring its continuity, local nature, and decentralized and diverse leadership. Through this broader scope, students learn about women's activism, white liberals and moderates, local initiatives, environmental racism, and black political empowerment. Twelve essays are arranged chronologically and topically, each with supporting primary documents, a detailed timeline, and further reading lists. This collection provides an ideal source for teaching Civil Rights with a fresh perspective.

Notes on Contributors

Series Editor's Preface

xii

Acknowledgments

xiv

List of Acronyms

Chronology

xvi

Introduction

(6)

PART I SOWING SEEDS

(54)

Foundations

(24)

Introduction

(1)

Article: Southern Reformers, the New Deal, and the Movement's Foundation

(20)

Patricia Sullivan

Document A: Street Car Petition, Jacksonville, Florida, 1901

(1)

Document B: NAACP School Desegregation Petition, 1955

(1)

Further Reading

(1)

Labor and Civil Rights

(28)

Introduction

(1)

Article: Organized Labor and the Struggle for Black Equality in Mobile during World War II

(20)

Bruce Nelson

Document A: Transcription of Tape Documentary on Natchez Laundry Workers Strike, October 17, 1965

(2)

Document B: Memoirs of a Birmingham Coal Miner, 1964

(4)

Further Reading

(1)

PART II DEFIANCE

(46)

White Resistance

(26)

Introduction

(1)

Article: Crabgrass-Roots Politics: Race, Rights, and the Reaction Against Liberalism in the Urban North, 1940-1964

(20)

Thomas J. Sugrue

Document A: Untitled Little Rock Poem, ca. 1957

(1)

Document B: Americans for the Preservation of the White Race, Broadside, ca. 1960s

(2)

Document C: Brumsic Brandon Jr. ``Up North, Down South,'' cartoons, 1963

(1)

Further Reading

(2)

Anticommunism, Anti-Civil Rights

(18)

Introduction

(1)

Article: Race and Red-Baiting

(12)

Adam Fairclough

Document A: Defenders' News and Views, August-September, 1959

102

(1)

Document B: Letter to the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, 1960

103

(1)

Further Reading

104

(3)

PART III PARTICIPANTS

107

(46)

Liberals and Moderates

109

(20)

Introduction

109

(1)

Article: ``South of the South?'': Jews, Blacks, and the Civil Rights Movement in Miami, 1945-1960

110

(12)

Raymond A. Mohl

Document A: The Conversion of Peggy Terry, ca. 1950s

122

(3)

Document B: ``One can not be a Christian and a Segregationist, Too,'' 1979

125

(2)

Further Reading

127

(2)

Women in the Civil Rights Movements

129

(24)

Introduction

129

(1)

Article: Passing the Torch: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement

130

(15)

LaVerne Gyant

Document A: Fannie Lou Hamer, ``The Special Plight and Role of Black Women,'' 1971

145

(4)

Document B: Septima Poinsette Clark Memoir, 1979, 1984

149

(1)

Document C: Clarice T. Campbell Correspondence, Summer 1956

150

(1)

Further Reading

151

(2)

PART IV LOCAL-NATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

153

(50)

The NAACP

155

(48)

Introduction

155

(1)

Article: The NAACP in North Carolina during the Age of Segregation

156

(16)

Raymond Gavins

Document A: NAACP v. Button, 1963

172

(2)

Document B: Jackson, Mississippi, Boycott Campaign, 1962-3

174

(2)

Further Reading

176

(1)

Grassroots

Introduction

177

(1)

Article: Baseball's Reluctant Challenge: Desegregating Major League Spring Training Sites, 1961-1964

178

(15)

Jack E. Davis

Document A: Siege at Savannah, 1964

193

(5)

Document B: People in Motion: The Story of the Birmingham Movement, 1966

198

(3)

Further Reading

201

(2)

PART V EMPOWERMENT

203

(52)

Black Power and Culture

205

(26)

Introduction

205

(1)

Article: New Day in Babylon: The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975

206

(19)

William L Van DeBurg

Document A: Robert Williams, Negroes With Guns, 1962

225

(1)

Document B: Stokely Carmichael and Charles Hamilton, ``The Search for New Forms,'' 1967

226

(2)

Document C: Brumsic Brandon Jr. Cartoon, 1968

228

(1)

Further Reading

229

(2)

Political Power

231

(24)

Introduction

231

(1)

Article: The Civil Rights Movement as Urban Reform: Atlanta's Black Neighborhoods and a New ``Progressivism''

232

(14)

Ronald H. Bayor

Document A: Voter Registration Testimonies, ca. 1960s

246

(2)

Document B: Petition, August 29, 1965

248

(3)

Document C: Shaw v. Reno, 1993

251

(2)

Further Reading

253

(2)

PART VI THE CONTINUING SAGA

255

(48)

Environmental Injustice

257

(23)

Introduction

257

(1)

Article: From NIMBY to Civil Rights: The Origins of the Environmental Justice Movement

258

(16)

Eileen Maura McGurty

Document A: Slum Clearance, Community Style, ca. 1940s

274

(2)

Document B: Letter Addressing Lead Poisoning, 1957

276

(2)

Further Reading

278

(2)

Affirmative Action

280

(23)

Introduction

280

(1)

Article: Race, History, and Policy, African Americans and Civil Rights Since 1964

281

(17)

Hugh Davis Graham

Document A: The Kerner Report, Employment Report, Introduction, 1968

298

(1)

Document B: Keyes v. School District No. I, Denver, Colorado (1973)

299

(3)

Further Reading

302

(1)

Index

303

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The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

9780631220442

0631220445

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