A more beautiful and terrible history : the uses and misuses of civil rights history /
Theoharis, Jeanne,
A more beautiful and terrible history : the uses and misuses of civil rights history / Jeanne Theoharis. - xxv, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780807075876 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780807063484 (paperback)
2017030979
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
African Americans--Civil rights--Historiography.
Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.
Civil rights movements--Historiography.--United States
United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
United States--Race relations--Historiography.
E185.61 / .T44 2018
323.1196/0730904
A more beautiful and terrible history : the uses and misuses of civil rights history / Jeanne Theoharis. - xxv, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780807075876 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780807063484 (paperback)
2017030979
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
African Americans--Civil rights--Historiography.
Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.
Civil rights movements--Historiography.--United States
United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
United States--Race relations--Historiography.
E185.61 / .T44 2018
323.1196/0730904