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A more beautiful and terrible history : the uses and misuses of civil rights history, Jeanne Theoharis
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- Summary
- Examines the accepted narrative of the civil rights movement to reveal the myths and fables that diminish its scope, and reveals the diversity of activists and the immense barriers and repression they faced
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxv, 253 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: the political uses and misuses of civil rights history and memorialization in the present
- The long movement outside the south: fighting for school desegregation in the "liberal" north
- Revisiting the uprisings of the 1960s and the history of injustice and struggle that preceded them
- Beyond the redneck: polite racism and "the white moderate"
- The media was often an obstacle to the struggle for racial justice
- Beyond a bus seat: the movement pressed for desegregation, criminal justice, economic justice, and global justice
- The great man theory of history part I: where are the young people?
- The great man view of history part II: where are the women?
- Extremists, troublemakers and national security threats: the public demonization of rebels, the toll it took, and government repression of the movement
- Learning to play on locked pianos: the movement was persevering, organized, disruptive, and often disparaged, and other lessons from the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Afterword: a history for a better world
- Isbn
- 9780807075876
- Label
- A more beautiful and terrible history : the uses and misuses of civil rights history
- Title
- A more beautiful and terrible history
- Title remainder
- the uses and misuses of civil rights history
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeanne Theoharis
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Examines the accepted narrative of the civil rights movement to reveal the myths and fables that diminish its scope, and reveals the diversity of activists and the immense barriers and repression they faced
- Cataloging source
- T7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Theoharis, Jeanne
- Dewey number
- 323.1196/0730904
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E185.61
- LC item number
- .T44 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African Americans
- African Americans
- Civil rights movements
- United States
- United States
- Label
- A more beautiful and terrible history : the uses and misuses of civil rights history, Jeanne Theoharis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-243) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: the political uses and misuses of civil rights history and memorialization in the present -- The long movement outside the south: fighting for school desegregation in the "liberal" north -- Revisiting the uprisings of the 1960s and the history of injustice and struggle that preceded them -- Beyond the redneck: polite racism and "the white moderate" -- The media was often an obstacle to the struggle for racial justice -- Beyond a bus seat: the movement pressed for desegregation, criminal justice, economic justice, and global justice -- The great man theory of history part I: where are the young people? -- The great man view of history part II: where are the women? -- Extremists, troublemakers and national security threats: the public demonization of rebels, the toll it took, and government repression of the movement -- Learning to play on locked pianos: the movement was persevering, organized, disruptive, and often disparaged, and other lessons from the Montgomery Bus Boycott -- Afterword: a history for a better world
- Control code
- on1020066373
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxv, 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807075876
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2017030979
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1020066373
- Label
- A more beautiful and terrible history : the uses and misuses of civil rights history, Jeanne Theoharis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-243) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: the political uses and misuses of civil rights history and memorialization in the present -- The long movement outside the south: fighting for school desegregation in the "liberal" north -- Revisiting the uprisings of the 1960s and the history of injustice and struggle that preceded them -- Beyond the redneck: polite racism and "the white moderate" -- The media was often an obstacle to the struggle for racial justice -- Beyond a bus seat: the movement pressed for desegregation, criminal justice, economic justice, and global justice -- The great man theory of history part I: where are the young people? -- The great man view of history part II: where are the women? -- Extremists, troublemakers and national security threats: the public demonization of rebels, the toll it took, and government repression of the movement -- Learning to play on locked pianos: the movement was persevering, organized, disruptive, and often disparaged, and other lessons from the Montgomery Bus Boycott -- Afterword: a history for a better world
- Control code
- on1020066373
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxv, 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807075876
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2017030979
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1020066373
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