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Running for Freedom
Civil Rights and Black Politics in America since 1941
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Running for Freedom
Running for Freedom, Fourth Edition, updates historian Steven Lawson s classic volume detailing the history of African-American civil rights and black politics from the beginning of World War II to the present day. Offers comprehensive coverage of the African-American struggle for civil rights in the U.S.
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Running for Freedom, Fourth Edition updates historian Steven Lawson’s classic volume detailing the history of African-American civil rights and black politics from the beginning of World War II to the present day.
It offers comprehensive coverage of the African-American struggle for civil rights in the U.S. from 1941 to 2014. The book integrates events relating to America’s civil rights story at both the local and national levels.
This edition features new material on Obama’s first term in office and the first year of his second term. It also includes the addition of timely issues such as the Trayvon Martin case, the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, state voter suppression efforts, and the Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act.
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ISBN: 9781118836545
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 October 2014
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Edition: 4th edition
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 230.0mm
Weight: 590g
Pages: 464
About the Author
Steven F. Lawson is Professor Emeritus at RutgersUniversity. He has served as an adviser to the televisiondocumentary series Eyes on the Prize and has participated asan historical consultant on voting rights cases. His publicationsinclude Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the South,1944 1969 (1976), In Pursuit of Power: Southern Blacksand Electoral Politics, 1965 1982 (1985), Civil RightsCrossroads: Nation, Community, and the Black Freedom Struggle(2003), and To Secure These Rights: The Report of PresidentHarry S Truman s Committee on Civil Rights (2004).
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