ISBN: 9781793507358 - rethinking debatable moments in the civil rights movement: learning for the present moment (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. KlappentextThrough a collection and analysis of carefully selected readings, Rethinking Debatable Moments in the Civil Rights Movement: Learning for the Present Moment highlights particular issues, tensions, and dynamics with.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Through a collection and analysis of carefully selected readings, Rethinking Debatable Moments in the Civil Rights Movement: Learning for the Present Moment highlights particular issues, tensions, and dynamics within the Civil Rights Movement. The text asks pointed questions regarding debatable moments of the Civil Rights Movement in order to encourage critical study, stimulate thinking about possible consequences then and now, seek answers or refine the questions, and seek direction for the present moment.The readings are organized in chapters according to the debatable moments: 1) Should the NAACP have pursued the case of Claudette Colvin in combating bus segregation in Montgomery ; 2) Should Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., have joined the Freedom Riders when invited to do so in 1961 ; 3) Should children have been allowed to participate in the Birmingham Campaign protests in 1963 ; 4) Should SNCC's John Lewis have agreed to amend his speech in the 1963 March on Washington ; and 5) Should Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., have turned the marchers around at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma after Bloody Sunday General and chapter introductions and an epilogue explore the context, the key players, the issues, the nature of the crisis, and the consequences and implications of each debatable moment.Rethinking Debatable Moments in the Civil Rights Movement is an excellent supplementary text for courses in anthropology, sociology, black studies, and related social science disciplines.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 368 pages. 10.00x8.00x0.76 inches. In Stock.