Courage to Dissent Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement

Name: Courage to Dissent Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement
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ISBN: 9780199932016

ISBN-10: 0199932018

ISBN-13: 9780199932016

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Authors: Tomiko Brown-Nagin

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The Civil Rights Movement that emerged in the United States after World War Two was a reaction against centuries of racial discrimination. In this sweeping history of Civil Rights in Atlanta from the 1940s through 1980 - which won both the 2012 Bancroft Prize and the 2012 Liberty Legacy Prizefrom the Organization of American Historians - Tomiko Brown-Nagin details the many varieties of activists and activism within the movement. Long before "black power" emerged and gave black dissent from the mainstream civil rights agenda a new name, African Americans in Atlanta intensely debated themeaning of equality and the steps necessary to obtain social and economic justice.This groundbreaking book…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 9/15/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 8.90" wide x 6.10" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.134



Introduction



A. T. Walden and Pragmatic Civil Rights Lawyering in the Postwar Era



"Aren't Going to Let a Nigger Practice in Our Courts": The Milieu of Civil Rights Pragmatism



The Roots of Pragmatism: Voting Rights Activism inside and outside the Courts, 1944-1957 41



Housing Markets, Black and White: Negotiating the Postwar Housing Crisis, 1944-1959



"Segregation Pure and Simple": School, Community, and the NAACP's Education Litigation, 1942-1958



More Than "Polite Segregation": Brown in Public Spaces, 1954-1959



The Movement, Its Lawyers, and the Fight for Racial Justice during the 1960s



Seeking Redress in the Streets: The Student Movement's Challenge to Racial Pragmatism and Legal Liberalism, 1960-1961



A Volatile Alliance: The Marriage of Lawyers and Demonstrators, 1961-1964



Local People as Agents of Constitutional Change: The Movement against "Private" Discrimination and the Countermobilization, 1963-64



"New Politics": Law, Organizing, and a "Movement of Movements" in the Southern Ghetto, 1965-1967



Questioning Brown: Lawyers, Courts, and Communities in Struggle



A Curious Silence: Community Activism and the Legal Campaign to Implement Brown, 1958-1968



An End to an "Annual Agony": The Black Backlash against Brown and Busing, 1969-1974



"Bus Them to Philadelphia": A Feminist Lawyer and Poor Mothers Crusade to Redeem Brown, 1972-1980


Conclusion


Appendix


Acknowledgements


Notes


Bibliography


Index