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Origins of the Civil Rights Movements

by Aldon D. Morris

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The organizations behind the civil rights struggle

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    Praised by The Boston Globe as a “valuable, eye-opening work”

    The book is described as a “valuable, eye-opening work.”

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The organizations behind the civil rights struggle

Aldon D. Morris centers the Black community organizations that helped drive the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Beginning with the Montgomery bus protest associated with Rosa Parks, the book examines the people and organizing behind efforts to end segregation, placing collective action alongside the better-known public milestones. Morris draws on interviews with more than fifty leaders, original documents, and firsthand materials to trace how these groups shaped strategies for social change. The focus makes the book a historical account of both the movement’s campaigns and the community structures that sustained them.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers studying the U.S. civil rights movement and the struggle against segregation
  • Readers interested in Black community organizations and grassroots activism
  • Readers exploring how social movements organize and pursue change

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Civil rights movementBlack community organizingGrassroots activismSegregationStrategies for social change

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A "valuable, eye-opening work" (The Boston Globe) about the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s.On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Mrs. Rosa Parks, weary after a long day at work, refused to give up her bus seat to a white man...and ignited the explosion that was the civil rights movement in America. In this powerful saga, Morris tells the complete story behind the ten years that transformed America, tracing the essential role of the black community organizations that was the real power behind the civil rights movement. Drawing on interviews with more than fifty key leaders, original documents, and other moving firsthand material, he brings to life the people behind the scenes who led the fight to end segregation, providing a critical new understanding of the dynamics of social change. "An important addition to our knowledge of the strategies of social change for all oppressed peoples." --Reverend Jesse Jackson"A benchmark study...setting the historical record straight." --The New York Times Book Review
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