Cover; Black Citizenship and Authenticity in the Civil Rights Movement; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Good Black Citizenship and Personal Ethics; 2 Mobilizing the Black Community: Social Ethics, Social Capital, and the Black Family; 3 Civic Ethics and Embodied Performances; 4 Black Authenticity and an Ethics of Autonomy; 5 The Transformation of SNCC and Local Activism; Conclusion: Good White Citizenship and the White Response to the Movement; Notes; References; Index
Summary
This book explains the emergence of two competing forms of black political representation that transformed the objectives and meanings of local action, created boundaries between national and local struggles for racial equality, and prompted a white response to the civil rights movement that set the stage for the neoliberal turn in US policy. Randolph Hohle questions some of the most basic assumptions about the civil rights movement, including the importance of non-violence, and the movement's legacy on contemporary black politics. Non-violence was the effect of the movement's emphasis on
