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| Author | : Herman Skip Mason |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2000-12 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780738582269 |
The Civil Rights movement in Atlanta is most often equated with the tireless work and inspiring words of Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr.; however, a host of other courageous individuals, both known and unknown, came before, during, and after Dr. King to face the challenges of racism and segregation in the South. This unique pictorial history celebrates these people, their accomplishments, and the legacy they left for today's African-American youth in Atlanta.
| Author | : Herman Mason |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 138 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9780752409856 |
| Author | : Tomiko Brown-Nagin |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 603 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0199932018 |
Offers a sweeping history of the civil rights movement in Atlanta from the end of World War II to 1980, arguing the motivations of the movement were much more complicated than simply a desire for integration.
| Author | : Stephen G. N. Tuck |
| Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780820325286 |
This text draws on interviews with almost 200 people, both black and white, who worked for, or actively resisted, the freedom movement in Georgia. Beginning before and continuing after the years of direct action protest in the 1960s, the book makes clearthe exhorbitant cost of racial oppression.
| Author | : Herman "Skip" Mason, Jr. |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2004-03 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780756773878 |
The Civil Rights movement in Atlanta is most often equated with the tireless work & inspiring words of Dr. Martin Luther King. However, a host of other courageous individuals, both known & unknown, came before, during, & after Dr. King to face the challenges of racism & segregation in the South. This unique pictorial history celebrates these people, their accomplishments, & the legacy they left for today's African-American youth in Atlanta. Here are 200 historic images of the people, places, & events that shaped the movement in & around Atlanta from 1870 to 1970. The images are coupled with an informative & engaging text by Atlanta historian Herman SkipÓ Mason, Jr., who has been honored for his work in preserving African-American history.
| Author | : Timothy J. Minchin |
| Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
| Total Pages | : 424 |
| Release | : 2011-03-25 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0813139996 |
Martin Luther King's 1965 address from Montgomery, Alabama, the center of much racial conflict at the time and the location of the well-publicized bus boycott a decade earlier, is often considered by historians to be the culmination of the civil rights era in American history. In his momentous speech, King declared that segregation was "on its deathbed" and that the movement had already achieved significant milestones. Although the civil rights movement had won many battles in the struggle for racial equality by the mid-1960s, including legislation to guarantee black voting rights and to desegregate public accommodations, the fight to implement the new laws was just starting. In reality, King's speech in Montgomery represented a new beginning rather than a conclusion to the movement, a fact that King acknowledged in the address. After the Dream: Black and White Southerners since 1965 begins where many histories of the civil rights movement end, with King's triumphant march from the iconic battleground of Selma to Montgomery. Timothy J. Minchin and John Salmond focus on events in the South following the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. After the Dream examines the social, economic, and political implications of these laws in the decades following their passage, discussing the empowerment of black southerners, white resistance, accommodation and acceptance, and the nation's political will. The book also provides a fascinating history of the often-overlooked period of race relations during the presidential administrations of Ford, Carter, Reagan, and both George H. W. and George W. Bush. Ending with the election of President Barack Obama, this study will influence contemporary historiography on the civil rights movement.
| Author | : Kenneth W. Mack |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2012-05 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0674065301 |
Profiles African American lawyers during the era of segregation and the civil rights movement, with an emphasis on the conflicts they felt between their identities as African Americans and their professional identities as lawyers.
| Author | : Henry Hampton |
| Publisher | : Bantam |
| Total Pages | : 721 |
| Release | : 2011-08-03 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0307574180 |
“A vast choral pageant that recounts the momentous work of the civil rights struggle.”—The New York Times Book Review A monumental volume drawing upon nearly one thousand interviews with civil rights activists, politicians, reporters, Justice Department officials, and others, weaving a fascinating narrative of the civil rights movement told by the people who lived it Join brave and terrified youngsters walking through a jeering mob and up the steps of Central High School in Little Rock. Listen to the vivid voices of the ordinary people who manned the barricades, the laborers, the students, the housewives without whom there would have been no civil rights movements at all. In this remarkable oral history, Henry Hampton, creator and executive producer of the acclaimed PBS series Eyes on the Prize, and Steve Fayer, series writer, bring to life the country’s great struggle for civil rights as no conventional narrative can. You will hear the voices of those who defied the blackjacks, who went to jail, who witnessed and policed the movement; of those who stood for and against it—voices from the heart of America.
| Author | : James Forman, Jr. |
| Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 2017-04-18 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0374712905 |
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTON ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWS' 10 BEST BOOKS LONG-LISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST, CURRENT INTEREST CATEGORY, LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZES "Locking Up Our Own is an engaging, insightful, and provocative reexamination of over-incarceration in the black community. James Forman Jr. carefully exposes the complexities of crime, criminal justice, and race. What he illuminates should not be ignored." —Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative "A beautiful book, written so well, that gives us the origins and consequences of where we are . . . I can see why [the Pulitzer prize] was awarded." —Trevor Noah, The Daily Show Former public defender James Forman, Jr. is a leading critic of mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of color. In Locking Up Our Own, he seeks to understand the war on crime that began in the 1970s and why it was supported by many African American leaders in the nation’s urban centers. Forman shows us that the first substantial cohort of black mayors, judges, and police chiefs took office amid a surge in crime and drug addiction. Many prominent black officials, including Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry and federal prosecutor Eric Holder, feared that the gains of the civil rights movement were being undermined by lawlessness—and thus embraced tough-on-crime measures, including longer sentences and aggressive police tactics. In the face of skyrocketing murder rates and the proliferation of open-air drug markets, they believed they had no choice. But the policies they adopted would have devastating consequences for residents of poor black neighborhoods. A former D.C. public defender, Forman tells riveting stories of politicians, community activists, police officers, defendants, and crime victims. He writes with compassion about individuals trapped in terrible dilemmas—from the men and women he represented in court to officials struggling to respond to a public safety emergency. Locking Up Our Own enriches our understanding of why our society became so punitive and offers important lessons to anyone concerned about the future of race and the criminal justice system in this country.
| Author | : Courtney Pace |
| Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 2019-06-15 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0820355062 |
Freedom Faith is the first full-length critical study of Rev. Dr. Prathia Laura Ann Hall (1940-2002), an undersung leader in both the civil rights movement and African American theology. Freedom faith was the central concept of Hall's theology: the belief that God created humans to be free and assists and equips those who work for freedom. Hall rooted her work simultaneously in social justice, Christian practice, and womanist thought. Courtney Pace examines Hall's life and philosophy, particularly through the lens of her civil rights activism, her teaching career, and her ministry as a womanist preacher. Moving along the trajectory of Hall's life and civic service, Freedom Faith focuses on her intellectual and theological development and her radiating influence on such figures as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Marian Wright Edelman, and the early generations of womanist scholars. Hall was one of the first women ordained in the American Baptist Churches, USA, was the pastor of Mt. Sharon Baptist Church in Philadelphia, and in later life joined the faculty at the Boston University School of Theology as the Martin Luther King Chair in Social Ethics. In activism and ministry, Hall was a pioneer, fusing womanist thought with Christian ethics and visions of social justice.
