These yet to Be United States: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in America since 1945

Book Description
Mixing aspects of social, political, and institutional history, authors Athan and Jeanne Theoharis survey the quest for equal rights and social justice in the last half-century. This text shows how individuals have sought to affect civil rights and liberties at the grassroots level, and how government has reacted to these individuals' attempts to affect change. In particular, the authors discuss the problematic status of civil liberties, civil rights, and civil dissent during the Cold War era--providing a vital, critical insight into post-1945 politics. This volume is part of the AMERICA SINCE 1945 series--a collection of brief texts that seek to define the ways in which the United States has changed in the last 50 years.

About the Author
Jeanne Theoharis, is an assistant professor in the department of African studies at Brooklyn College. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and held a two-year appointment as visiting assistant professor at Michigan. She has written numerous articles on the civil rights movement in the North and South and the politics of race in contemporary America, and is co-editing FREEDOM NORTH: CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLES OUTSIDE OF THE SOUTH, 1940-1980 with Komozi Woodard and Matthew Countryman, to be published in the fall.


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Looking at civil rights and civil liberties at the same time, Jeanne (Cit U. of New York-Brooklyn College) and Athan (Marquette U.) explain that the civil rights movement was not just a southern phenomenon; encompassed other people of color and women of all races as well as African Americans; and addressed issues as varied as voting rights, union organizing, bilingual education, and garbage pickup. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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