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by Kevern Verney (Author)
This book examines the historiography of the African American freedom struggle from the 1890s to the present. It considers how, and why, the study of African American history developed from being a marginalized subject in American universities and colleges at the start of the twentieth century to become one of the most extensively researched fields in American history today.
There is analysis of the changing scholarly interpretations of African American leaders from Booker T. Washington through to Barack Obama. The impact and significance of the leading civil rights organizations are assessed, as well as the white segregationists who opposed them and the civil rights policies of presidential administrations from Woodrow Wilson to Donald Trump. The civil rights struggle is also discussed in the context of wider, political, social and economic changes in the United States and developments in popular culture.Back Jacket
Once a neglected area, African American history is now the subject of extensive scholarly research. This revised and expanded edition of The debate on Black Civil Rights in America examines the changing academic debates on African American history from the 1890s to the present.
Individual chapters focus on historical periods from the spread of racial segregation in the 1890s through to the post-war Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Concluding chapters assess the modern black experience and developments in race relations during the Obama and Trump administrations.
Author Biography
Kevern Verney is a Professor in American History and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Edge Hill University
