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The Civil Rights Movement warrants continuing and extensive examination. The six papers in this collection, each supplemented by a follow-up assessment, contribute to a clearer perception of what caused and motivated the movement, of how it functioned, of the changes that occurred within it, and of its accomplishments and shortcomings. Its profound effect upon modern America has so greatly changed relations between the races that C. Vann Woodward has called it the "second revolution."In a limited space the eleven scholars range with a definitive view over a large subject. Their paper

Offers a lively, well-informed, and perceptive analysis of the links between the postwar African American freedom struggle and various forms of black cultural expression and organizing.

Ch. 1. The modern civil rights movement: an overview -- ch. 2. Freedom's coming and it won't be long: the origins of the civil rights movement -- ch. 3. Mississippi: "is this America?" A case study of the movement -- ch. 4. In the north too: the black freedom struggle outside of Dixie -- ch. 5. Sisterhood is powerful: women and the civil rights movement -- ch. 6. From Civil rights to Black Lives Matter.

Focuses on five nationally & internationally recognized African American male civil rights leaders of the 20th century: W. E. B. Du Bois, A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, & Kwame Toure (formerly Stokely Carmichael). Notwithstanding the vast differences in their backgrounds, leadership styles, tactics, philosophies, & strategies, they had a common goal & shared vision for the US, the land of the free. Their legacies are immortal. 33 References. Adapted from the source document.

Examining the ways in which NASA's goal of space exploration both conflicted and aligned with the cause of racial equality, this volume provides new insights into the complex relationship between the space program and the civil rights movement in the Jim Crow South and abroad.

Part One. Dispatches from the frontline: reflections on teaching the civil rights movement. Who is Fannie Lou Hamer? A movement veteran on teaching civil rights history / Charlie Cobb -- "They won't just be reading about history-they'll be living it!": the Anderson Monarchs little league baseball civil rights barnstorming tour / Stephen Bandura -- Beyond the master narrative: teaching the civil rights movement to high school students / Adam Sanchez -- "I had this black professor at UT": teaching civil rights and black power to white and black college students / Leonard Moore -- Part Two. "Bigger than a hamburger": reframing the civil rights movement. Obstacles to freedom: life in Jim Crow America / Stephen Berrey -- Freedom rights: reconsidering the movement's goals and objectives / Hasan Kwame Jeffries -- The ballot and the bullet: rethinking the violent/nonviolent dichotomy / Christopher Strain -- Place matters: the indispensable story of civil rights activism beyond Dixie / Patrick D. Jones -- Part Three. "Now that he is safely dead, let us praise him": teaching iconic civil rights people, organizations, and events. Complicating Martin Luther King Jr.: teaching the life and legacy of the movement's most iconic figure / Charles McKinney -- Not that kind of tired: Rosa Parks and organizing the Montgomery bus boycott / Emilye Crosby -- Freedom is a constant struggle: teaching the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Project / Nicole A. Burrowes and La Tasha B. Levy -- Teaching Malcolm X beyond the mythology-by any means necessary / Clarence Lang -- The long hot summers of the 1960s: teaching the racial disturbances of the civil rights era / Shawn Leigh Alexander, John Rury, and Clarence Lang -- Power to the people: a curriculum for teaching the Black Panther Party and the transition from civil rights to black power / Jakobi Williams -- Part Four. "The essence of scholarship is truth": sources for teaching the civil rights movement. Everybody say freedom: using oral history to construct and teach new civil rights narratives / J. Todd Moye -- Freedom songs: building a civil rights playlist / Charles L. Hughes -- Two thumbs up: movies and documentaries to use (and avoid) when teaching civil rights / Hasan Kwame Jeffries -- A rich record: using primary sources to explore the civil rights movement / John B. Gartrell -- The revolution was not televised but it is available online: using the SNCC Digital Gateway to tell civil rights history from the bottom-up / Karlyn Forner -- Part Five. "Strong people don't need strong leaders": methods for teaching the civil rights movement. Stay woke: teaching the civil rights movement through literature / Julie Buckner Armstrong -- "Nonviolence is impossible": role playing in the classroom / Wesley Hogan -- California Democracy Schools: a model for teaching civil rights to students of all ages / Michelle Herczog -- Walking in their shoes: using #BlackLivesMatter to teach the civil rights movement / Shannon King.

"There have been many struggles for civil rights in American history. Black Lives Matter is one of the latest movements, but other groups, including women and Native Americans, have also protested for equality and fair treatment. The History of Civil Rights Movements in America examines earlier movements and looks at how they compare to the Black Lives Matter movement of today"--