Opinions Throughout History: Civil Rights

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Opinions Throughout History: Civil Rights is the newest addition to Grey House’s popular Opinions Throughout History series. Each volume in the series is designed to follow the evolution of public opinion on a current and controversial topic that has changed throughout history, discussing both primary and secondary documents such as newspaper and magazine articles, speeches, court decisions, and other legislation. Accompanied by expert commentary and analysis, these documents showcase the changing attitudes on these important issues of public interest over time.

This new volume begins with a detailed Introduction that discusses the history of civil rights in the United States, followed by a timeline of significant events. The Timeline covers relevant events from 1619 to the present day, including the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina, the abolition of slavery in Rhode Island, the War of 1812, the passing of the Civil Rights Act, and the Murder of Malcolm X, to name a few.

The 28 chapters featured in this volume examine major advances and setbacks in the struggle to extend basic rights to all individuals in the United States from voting rights in the Colonies to the modern-day civil rights crisis.

Chapters in this volume explore a variety of relevant topics, including:

• Race and Advancement Prior to the Civil War
• Reconstruction and the Compromise of 1877
• The Jim Crow Era
• Racial Violence and Civil Rights
• State Violence and Civil Rights

• The Black Church as a Platform for Liberation
• The Little Rock Nine Crisis
• The Fight for Public Transportation
• Malcolm X, Islam, and the Black Empowerment Movement
• The Black Power Movement

Each chapter starts with a brief Introduction, List of Topics Covered, and the source document discussed in the chapter. The body of the text discusses the document from its historical context to its relationship to contemporary public opinion. Most documents are reprinted in their entirety and clearly distinguished by a shaded title bar. In addition to helpful subtitles, photos and other images enhance the text. Each chapter ends with a brief Conclusion, thoughtful Discussion Questions, and a list of Works Used.

This exciting series offers a wide range of insights into long-standing issues that Americans are most concerned about, and those that have encouraged vigorous debate among politicians and citizens at large. Using carefully-chosen original documents that cover a wide time span, Opinions Throughout History weaves a thoughtful and easy-to-understand analysis of how public opinion is formed and evolves, starting the discussion at an historical, seminal moment, and ending with where we stand today. This comprehensive, timely volume is a must for large public libraries, university libraries and social science departments, along with high school libraries.

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