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Let Freedom Ring : A Documentary History of the Modern Civil Rights Movement by Peter B. Levy (1992, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100275934349

ISBN-139780275934347

eBay Product ID (ePID)93282

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Number of Pages296 Pages

Publication NameLet Freedom Ring : a Documentary History of the Modern Civil Rights Movement

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1992

SubjectUnited States / 20th Century, Civil Rights, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)

TypeTextbook

AuthorPeter B. Levy

Subject AreaPolitical Science, History

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight14.9 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN91-027717

Reviews"Historian Levy has collected and organized 95 documents covering the African-American civil rights movement from the early 1940s through the 1980s, concluding with a very helpful statistical appendix. He has mined a variety of sources, including speeches, sermons, essays, court cases, affidavits, memoirs, and commission reports. The book contains the words of the mighty--Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, et al.--but also the testimony of the less famous, the field workers and foot soldiers of the movement. (With few exceptions, African Americans rather than their white allies are features.) Although the collection emphasizes progress, it also recognizes continuing economic inequities. Broader in coverage and types of sources than Howell Raines's My Soul Is Rested (LJ 9/1/77), this is a readable, valuable collection. Highly recommended as supplemental reading in appropriate courses and for most libraries." Library Journal, "Historian Levy has collected and organized 95 documents covering the African-American civil rights movement from the early 1940s through the 1980s, concluding with a very helpful statistical appendix. He has mined a variety of sources, including speeches, sermons, essays, court cases, affidavits, memoirs, and commission reports. The book contains the words of the mighty--Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, et al.--but also the testimony of the less famous, the field workers and foot soldiers of the movement. (With few exceptions, African Americans rather than their white allies are features.) Although the collection emphasizes progress, it also recognizes continuing economic inequities. Broader in coverage and types of sources than Howell Raines's My Soul Is Rested (LJ 9/1/77), this is a readable, valuable collection. Highly recommended as supplemental reading in appropriate courses and for most libraries." -- Library Journal, "Historian Levy has collected and organized 95 documents covering the African-American civil rights movement from the early 1940s through the 1980s, concluding with a very helpful statistical appendix. He has mined a variety of sources, including speeches, sermons, essays, court cases, affidavits, memoirs, and commission reports. The book contains the words of the mighty--Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, et al.--but also the testimony of the less famous, the field workers and foot soldiers of the movement. (With few exceptions, African Americans rather than their white allies are features.) Although the collection emphasizes progress, it also recognizes continuing economic inequities. Broader in coverage and types of sources than Howell Raines's My Soul Is Rested (LJ 9/1/77), this is a readable, valuable collection. Highly recommended as supplemental reading in appropriate courses and for most libraries." - Library Journal, "Historian Levy has collected and organized 95 documents covering the African-American civil rights movement from the early 1940s through the 1980s, concluding with a very helpful statistical appendix. He has mined a variety of sources, including speeches, sermons, essays, court cases, affidavits, memoirs, and commission reports. The book contains the words of the mighty--Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, et al.--but also the testimony of the less famous, the field workers and foot soldiers of the movement. (With few exceptions, African Americans rather than their white allies are features.) Although the collection emphasizes progress, it also recognizes continuing economic inequities. Broader in coverage and types of sources than Howell Raines's My Soul Is Rested (LJ 9/1/77), this is a readable, valuable collection. Highly recommended as supplemental reading in appropriate courses and for most libraries."- Library Journal

Dewey Edition20

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal323.1/196073

Table Of ContentIntroduction Anticipating the Movement Desegregating the Schools The Montgomery Bus Boycott The Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides The Fires of Discord Birmingham and the Great March Mississippi: Opening the Closed Society Selma: The Bridge to Freedom Black Power The Civil Rights Movement and the Other Movements White Resistance The Struggle Continues Appendix: Statistical Profile of Black America Suggested Readings Index

SynopsisThis book traces the story of the civil rights movement through the written and spoken words of those who participated in it. It includes both classic texts, such as Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech and his Letter from Birmingham Jail, and lesser-known gems, such as Robert Moses' Letter from a Mississippi Jail Cel l and James Lawson's address to SNCC's 1960 founding meeting. This is a documentary collection that has been needed for a long time. The burgeoning interest in the civil rights movement argues for such a work, and the need to have the experience of the movement in the participants' own words demands it. Words counted during the civil rights movement, and Levy's collection . . . is the best and most accessible. Randall M. Miller Professor of History Director of American Studies Saint Joseph's University Drawing on research by recent scholars, the volume emphasizes the role that ordinary people played in the struggle for freedom and equality and also displays the breadth of the civil rights movement. It contains documents written by members of all the well-known civil rights organizations: SCLC, NAACP, SNCC, CORE, and the Black Panther Party. It includes pieces written by independent and relatively unknown figures, such as Jo Ann Gibson Robinson and Sheyann Webb. In addition, it includes documents demonstrating the ferocity of white resistance to black equality, such as George Wallace's 1963 Inaugural Address. The book fills a void, providing a balanced single-volume reader on the civil rights movement. It will be valuable to all those interested in Afro-American history, race relations, the 1960s, and recent American history.

LC Classification NumberE185