Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
Contributors: Alana Murray (Editor); Deborah Menkart (Editor)
Publisher: Teaching for Change and PRRAC
Published: March 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9781878554185
Subjects: Multicultural Education; Politics / Current Events; General; African Americans; Study and teaching; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; History; United States - 20th Century; Education / Multicultural Education; malcolm x; civil rights; native american; 20th century; United States; 1877-1964; Civil rights; Civil rights movements
First sentence: Too often, the teaching of the Civil Rights Movement- as a spontaneous, emotional eruption of angry but saintly African Americans led by two or three inspired orators-discounts the origins, the intellect, and the breadth that guided this complex social movement.