My Mind Set on Freedom: A History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 (American Ways Series) - Hardcover

Salmond, John A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1566631408 ISBN 13: 9781566631402

Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc, 1997

Synopsis

A compact, remarkably successful narrative history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968, chronicling the major events, describing the key players, and showing how the revolution transformed the American South. American Ways Series.

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Review:

Salmond packs it all in...a powerful education on the civil rights movement that deserves a wide audience. * Publishers Weekly * A lively and compact narrative...any curious reader will be well served by this tightly organized book. * Journal of American History * A fine, well-rounded history.... This makes a fine introduction for any interested in civil rights events. * Midwest Book Review *

Synopsis:

Charts the course of the American Civil Rights movement from 1954 to 1968, with background on the first stirrings of the movement in the 1930s and the WWII era. Covers court decisions such as Brown v. Board of Education, opposition to the movement, and the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Fair Housing Act in 1968, and explains factor

About this edition

• Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1566631408
• ISBN 13: 9781566631402
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 189