Debating the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968

No other book about the civil rights movement captures the drama and impact of the black struggle for equality better than Debating the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968. Two of the most respected scholars of African-American history, Steven F. Lawson and Charles M. Payne, examine the individuals who made the movement a success, both at the highest level of government and in the grassroots trenches. Designed specifically for college and university courses in American history, this is the best introduction available to the glory and agony of these turbulent times.

Author: Steven F. Lawson, Charles M. Payne
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 03/14/2006
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.06w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780742551091
ISBN10: 0742551091
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Political Science | Civil Rights
- History | United States | 20th Century

About the Author
Steven F. Lawson is professor of history at Rutgers University and author of Running for Freedom: Civil Rights and Black Politics in America since 1941.Charles M. Payne is Sally Dalton Robinson professor of history, African American studies and sociology and director of the African and African-American Studies Program at Duke University. He is the author of I've Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle.