The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement: Black Communities Organizing for ChangeAn account of the origins, development, and personalities of the Civil Rights movement from 1953-1963. |
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... force were employed in unskilled jobs.1 They were the janitors , porters , cooks , machine operators , and common la- borers . By contrast , only about 25 percent of white males were em- ployed in these menial occupations . In the ...
... force were employed in unskilled jobs.1 They were the janitors , porters , cooks , machine operators , and common la- borers . By contrast , only about 25 percent of white males were em- ployed in these menial occupations . In the ...
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... force that devel- oped the infrastructure of the civil rights movement and that it func- tioned as the decentralized arm of the black church . Scholars of social movements have been concerned with the im- portant issue of how movements ...
... force that devel- oped the infrastructure of the civil rights movement and that it func- tioned as the decentralized arm of the black church . Scholars of social movements have been concerned with the im- portant issue of how movements ...
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... force capable of liberating blacks was the blacks themselves rather than the courts , Congress , or the executive branch of government . Actions by those external groups were thought to be effective only in the context of a mass ...
... force capable of liberating blacks was the blacks themselves rather than the courts , Congress , or the executive branch of government . Actions by those external groups were thought to be effective only in the context of a mass ...
Contents
Domination Church and the NAACP | 1 |
Beginnings and Confrontations | 17 |
MIA ICC and ACMHR 40 | 40 |
Copyright | |
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