TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lawson,Steven F.
TI  - Running for freedom: civil rights and Black politics in America since 1941 
SN  - 9781405171267 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - 002 E 185.61 L425r 2009
U1  - 323.1196/073 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., Malden, MA
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Civil rights movements
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Afroamericanos
KW  - Derechos civiles
KW  - Historia
KW  - Siglo XX
KW  - Movimientos de derechos civiles
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Racismo
KW  - Historia de los movimientos sociales
KW  - Relaciones raciales
KW  - Política y gobierno
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-379) and index; World War II and the origins of the freedom struggle -- Ballots, boycotts, and the building of a national agenda -- Surging protest, shifting politics -- Reenfranchisement and racial consciousness -- The new Black politicians : from protest to empowerment -- Progress and poverty : politics in a conservative era -- In search of legitimacy -- Hope and despair : the 1990s -- Still running for freedom
N2  - Running for Freedom, 3rd edition charts the monumental struggle for African-American civil rights and the impact of that movement in transforming the American political system in the South and nationwide from 1941 to 2008. Explores the interplay between the local and the national dimensions of the civil rights story, between grassroots activists and federal officials, and between the North and SouthNew edition includes new material on the Clinton Administration, the controversial 2000 and 2004presidential elections, and the disaster that Hurricane Katrina wrought on New O
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008033373.html
ER  -