The Civil Rights Movement

Explains the origins, development, results and the debates surrounding the movement for racial equality in the USA GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748615933'); This introduction to the Civil Rights Movement synthesises its history, explaining its origins, development and results as well as historiographical debates. A survey based on a wealth of recent scholarship, it provides a critical perspective on the movement, eschewing the celebratory tone that pervades much of the current literatu