The movement : the African American struggle for civil rights

Resource Information

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Label

The movement : the African American struggle for civil rights

Title remainder

the African American struggle for civil rights

Statement of responsibility

Thomas C. Holt

Creator

• Holt, Thomas C., (Thomas Cleveland), 1942-

Author

• Holt, Thomas C., (Thomas Cleveland), 1942-

Subject

• African Americans -- Social conditions
• African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1964-1975
• African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964
• Civil rights movements
• Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• History
• Race relations
• African Americans -- Civil rights
• Southern States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
• To 1999
• United States
• United States -- History -- 1953-1961
• United States -- History -- 1961-1969
• United States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
• Southern States
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

The civil rights movement was among the most important historical developments of the twentieth century and one of the most remarkable mass movements in American history. In The Movement, Thomas C. Holt provides an informed and nuanced understanding of the origins, character, and objectives of the mid-twentieth-century freedom struggle, re-centering the narrative around the mobilization of ordinary people

Cataloging source

LBSOR/DLC

Dewey number

323.1196/073

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

E185.61

LC item number

.H755 2021

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography