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Theory of Civil Rights Movement
Religious Roots of Civil Rights Activism
Civil Rights Agitation as Product of Economic Change
Historical Development
Birth of Organized Civil Rights Movement
Future of Civil Rights as Reform Movement
Revitalization of Poor People’s Movements
Author Suggested Illustrations, Tables, and Documents
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Introductory Overview Essay
Historical Development of Reform Movement
Antebellum Civil Rights/Colonization/Emigration Movements
Reconstruction Era Civil Rights Efforts
Impact of World Wars on Race Relations
Modern Civil Rights Movement
Nonviolence as Civil Rights Tactics
Dispute over Militant Tactics in Civil Rights Movement
Black Arts Movement (1960s-Present)
Civil Rights since the Movement Years (Late 1960s-Present
Key Moments
A. Phillip Randolph's 1940 March on Washington
Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education Decision (1954)
Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
Little Rock High School Desegregation (1957)
Greensboro, N.C. Lunch Counter Sit-Ins (1960)
March on Washington, DC (1963)
Sanitation Workers Strike and the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (1968)
Intersection with Other Reform Movements
Civil Rights Movement as Inspiration for Other Reform Movements
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