{"product_id":"the-civil-rights-revolution-events-and-leaders-1955-1968-9780786419142","title":"The Civil Rights Revolution: Events and Leaders, 1955-1968","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Frederic O. Sargent\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ethnic Studies - American - African American \u0026amp; Black Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From the Supreme Court's decision of \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e in 1955 to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968--African American students, lawyers, ministers and communities conducted a successful nonviolent campaign against the system of American apartheid in eleven states.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This work is organized into four sections. The first describes apartheid in the U.S. before \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education.\u003c\/i\u003e The causes of the revolution--the enforcement of apartheid laws by state governments, courts, police, and the KKK--are also analyzed. The second presents 54 confrontations in the struggle for Civil Rights--including court cases, boycotts, sit-ins, marches, demonstrations, and the desegregation of cities and schools--from the Moton High student strike (in Farmville, Virginia) in 1951 to 1969's hospital workers' strike in Charleston. The third is a series of 60 biographical profiles of leaders giving their educational and civil rights achievements. This section also includes a list of 40 historically significant activist organizations. The fourth section discusses six important Civil Rights laws and concludes with the general accomplishments of the struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47613744578711,"sku":"9780786419142","price":4599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786419142.webp?v=1775087553","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-civil-rights-revolution-events-and-leaders-1955-1968-9780786419142","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}