Righteous Lives: Narratives of the New Orleans Civil Rights Movement 9780814776674

The Civil Rights Movement 9781474471305

Explains the origins, development, results and the debates surrounding the movement for racial equality in the USA GBS_

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A New Working Class: The Legacies of Public-Sector Employment in the Civil Rights Movement 9780812298086

A New Working Class traces efforts by Black public-sector workers and their unions to fight for racial and economic just

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The Civil Rights Movement [1 ed.] 9781502604972, 9781502604965

Although slavery in the United States officially ended after the Civil War, prejudice against people of color lasted wel

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From Slavery to Civil Rights : On the Streetcars of New Orleans 1830s-Present [1 ed.] 9781789622584, 9781789622249

An Open Access edition of this book will be made available on publication on our website and on the OAPEN Library, funde

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Women in the civil rights movement 9781422223567, 1422223566, 9781422223666, 1422223663

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Unjust Deeds: The Restrictive Covenant Cases and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement 1469625466, 9781469625461

In 1945, six African American families from St. Louis, Detroit, and Washington, D.C., began a desperate fight to keep th

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Counterrevolution: The Crusade to Roll Back the Gains of the Civil Rights Movement 9781503630048

A valuable resource and stirring call to action for anyone interested in antiracist perspectives on policy and scholarsh

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The King of New Orleans 9781770902244, 9781770902237

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Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement and Thereafter : Profiles of Lessons Learned 9780761863199, 9780761863182

Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement and Thereafter offers students the opportunity to learn more about important

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Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights 9781324093107, 9781324093114

A prize-winning scholar draws on astonishing new research to demonstrate how Black people used the law to their advantag

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