Icons of African American Protest [Two Volumes]

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Icons of African American Protest [Two Volumes] Trailblazing Activists of the Civil Rights Movement

Gladys Knight

Book Code: GR4062

ISBN: 0-313-34062-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34062-8

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760 pages, photos

Greenwood Press

Publication: 12/30/2008

List Price: $175.00 (UK Sterling Price: £100.00)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 7 x 10

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Series Title: Greenwood Icons

Description: Protest has always been a catalyst for change. It is the cornerstone of America's own birth. Did not the first immigrants help America take its first steps upon the road to greatness when they long ago protested against the oppression of their native government and established new edicts promoting the ideals of freedom and opportunity? Since the first African slave was forced to board a ship bound for this continent, protest has been a major motif in the African American experience. It was a critical weapon during the raging violence against blacks following the end of Reconstruction, the Jim Crow years, and against the grisly conditions in the ghettoes in the North. Throughout history protest has been used to combat economic and political oppression, racism, discrimination, and exclusion from mainstream America. Icons of African American Protest reveals the extraordinary strength, courage, and sacrifice displayed by individuals for the cause of freedom and civil rights. The 24 leaders showcased here cover a broad spectrum of descriptors-vibrant, tame, intense, aggressive, and diffident-and their politics ran the gamut from conservative to ultra-radical. Nevertheless, whatever techniques, modes, or tactics employed-such as Thurgood Marshall's legal fights in the court room, Dr. King's reliance on nonviolent civil disobedience and direct action, and Huey P. Newton's advocacy for armed self-defense-they were all, in their time, radicals who strove to eradicate racism and the climate of exclusion. Among the featured:

Ella Baker

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Elaine Brown

Stokely Carmichael

Angela Davis

W.E.B. Du Bois

James Farmer

Louis Farrakhan

Marcus Garvey

Fannie Lou Hamer

Dorothy Height

Jessie Jackson

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Spike Lee

John Lewis

Thurgood Marshall

Huey P. Newton

Rosa Parks

A. Philip Randolph

Al Sharpton

Roy Wilkins

Rob Williams

Malcolm X

Whitney Young
This two-volume reference provides both students and general readers in-depth coverage of contemporary voices of protest, supplemented by sidebars on major turning points, freedom songs, and important symbols, such as the clenched fist of the Black Power Movement. Also included are a timeline of key events, historical documents, a glossary, and a thorough bibliography of print and electronic resources to encourage further research.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology
Volume 1
Volume 2
Appendix 1: Executive Order 8802
Appendix 2: Executive Order 9981
Appendix 3: Selected Excerpts from the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Appendix 4: Selected Excerpts from the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Appendix 5: Excerpt from the Black Panther Party Ten Point Platform and Program
Appendix 6: Icons in Their Own Words
Glossary
Bibliography

LC Card Number: 2008034739

LCC Class: E185

Dewey Class: 323

PDF Catalogs:
Greenwood School and Public Library Reference Spring 2008.pdf


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