A more beautiful and terrible history: the uses and misuses of civil rights history
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Boston : Beacon Press, [2018].
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xxv, 253 pages ; 24 cm
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Historiography.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- Historiography.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- Historiography.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- Historiography.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- Historiography.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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English
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9780807075876, 9780807063484
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Theoharis, J. (2018). A more beautiful and terrible history: the uses and misuses of civil rights history. Beacon Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Theoharis, Jeanne. 2018. A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History. Beacon Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Theoharis, Jeanne, A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History. Beacon Press, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Theoharis, Jeanne. A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History. Beacon Press, 2018.
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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