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Since 1963 race relations have become America's Number One domestic problem. In this book Benjamin Muse presents a comprehensive, reliable, and dramatic account of the years of transition from the great nonviolent campaigns of 1963 and 1964 through the Watts outbreak of 1965, to the nationwide riots of 1967. He describes the principal organizations from NAACP to Black Muslims; the principal leaders from Martin Luther King, Jr., to Stokely Carmichael; school boycotts, marches, and demonstrations in North and South; the murders of Medgar Evers, Mrs. Viola Liuzzo, and others, and subsequent police and court action (or inaction); the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and their implementation; the 1964 election; and the war on poverty. The book presents the role of federal, state, and local agencies, including the Department of Justice, the police, and the courts; the parts played by students and the churches; steps towards integration in public accommodations, schools, and the armed forces; ghetto realities such as unemployment and the disintegration of the Black family; the white backlash in the North; the rise of Black Power and its differing interpretations; a

Author

Benjamin Muse; Benjamin Muse

Publisher

Unknown : Citadel

Published

1970

Language

EN

ISBN

9780806500034

Subjects

History, Humanities