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Author Levy, Peter B., author.

Title The civil rights movement : a reference guide / Peter B. Levy
Edition Second edition
Published Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019]
©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 282 pages) : illustrations
Series Guides to historic events in America
Guides to historic events in America.
Contents Ch. 1. The modern civil rights movement: an overview -- ch. 2. Freedom's coming and it won't be long: the origins of the civil rights movement -- ch. 3. Mississippi: "is this America?" A case study of the movement -- ch. 4. In the north too: the black freedom struggle outside of Dixie -- ch. 5. Sisterhood is powerful: women and the civil rights movement -- ch. 6. From Civil rights to Black Lives Matter
Summary This book provides a concise overview of the most important social movement of the 20th century and will expand readers' understanding of the fight for racial equality
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 30, 2020)
Subject Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Encyclopedias
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Encyclopedias
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Encyclopedias
African Americans -- Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Civil rights workers
Race relations
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- Encyclopedias
Subject United States
Genre/Form Encyclopedias
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019020746
ISBN 9781440863011
1440863016
Other Titles Civil rights movement in America