This book examines the historiography of the African American freedom struggle from the 1890s to the present. It considers how, and why, the study of African American history developed from being a marginalized subject in American universities and colleges at the start of the twentieth century to become one of the most extensively researched fields in American history today.
There is analysis of the changing scholarly interpretations of African American leaders from Booker T. Washington through to Barack Obama. The impact and significance of the leading civil rights organizations are assessed, as well as the white segregationists who opposed them and the civil rights policies of presidential administrations from Woodrow Wilson to Donald Trump.
The civil rights struggle is also discussed in the context of wider, political, social and economic changes in the United States and developments in popular culture.
By:
Kevern Verney
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 505g
ISBN: 9781526174673
ISBN 10: 1526174677
Series: Issues in Historiography
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 24 April 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Further / Higher Education
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Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1 Segregation and accommodation, 1895-1915 2 The Great Migration and the ‘New Negro’, 1915-1930 3 The Great Depression and the Second World War, 1930-1945 4 The post-war Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1965 5 Malcolm X and Black Power, 1960-1980 6 The new conservatism, 1980-2008 7 ‘An insubstantial pageant faded’: Obama and Trump, 2008-2020 Conclusion Index -- .
Kevern Verney is a Professor in American History and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Edge Hill University -- .
