Redefining the Color Line: Black Activism in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1940-1970 - Couverture rigide

Kirk, John A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 081302496X ISBN 13 : 9780813024967

Editeur : University Press of Florida, 2002

Synopsis

This work looks at one of the most significant events in the struggle for black civil rights in America. In 1957 the Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas began integration. Resistance forced President Eisenhower to send federal troops to protect nine black students as they entered the school. It was some time earlier, in 1954, that the US Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation was unconstitutional. This book contextualizes events at Little Rock with the unfolding struggle for black rights at local, state, and national levels between 1940 and 1970. It also focuses on the often omitted role played by local black activists in Arkansas. The volume argues that only by understanding the groundwork laid by black activists at the grassroots level in the 40s and 50s can we fully understand the significance of later protests. Moreover, it argues that local-level black activists and black organizations were not homogeneous, but differed significantly in their goals and strategies, thereby adding a multi-dimensional facet to a struggle that was more than just white against black.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John A. Kirk is a lecturer in history at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the recipient of the 1993 F. Roy Hampton Award and the 1994 Walter L. Brown Award for best journal article on Arkansas history. He has contributed essays to The Making of Martin Luther King, Jr., edited by Anthony Badger and Brian Ward, and Gender and the Civil Rights Movement, edited by Peter Ling and Sara Welfare.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of Florida
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 081302496X
• ISBN 13: 9780813024967
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible