Running for freedom
Subtitle: civil rights and Black politics in America since 1941
By: Steven F. Lawson.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781405171267
Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights; African Americans -- Politics and government; Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: World War II and the origins of the freedom struggle; title: Ballots, boycotts, and the building of a national agenda; title: Surging protest, shifting politics; title: Reenfranchisement and racial consciousness; title: The new black politicians : from protest to empowerment; title: Progress and poverty : politics in a conservative era; title: In search of legitimacy; title: Hope and despair : the 1990s; title: Still running for freedom.