Description
In this Bancroft Prize-winning history of the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta from the end of World War II to 1980, Tomiko Brown-Nagin shows that long before “black power” emerged and gave black dissent from the mainstream civil rights agenda a name, African Americans in Atlanta questioned the meaning of equality and the steps necessary to obtain a share of the American dream. This groundbreaking book uncovers the activism of visionaries–both well-known figures and unsung citizens–from across the ideological spectrum who sought something different from, or more complicated than, “integration.” Local activists often played leading roles in carrying out the agenda of the NAACP, but some also pursued goals that differed markedly from those of the venerable civil rights organization.
AUTHOR: Tomiko Brown-Nagin
GENRE: Historic Non-Fiction
PUBLISHING: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. ©2011
ISBN: 9780199932016 0199932018
PAGE COUNT: 578 pages : illustrations
