In the United States, the fight to secure full civil rights for African American people has endured for centuries. The movement has included many voices, among them, working people, charismatic activists, musicians and artists, the LGBTQIA community, veterans, suburbanites, and elected officials. Moving from the labor struggles of the 1930s to the sit-ins and boycotts of midcentury, and the Black Lives Matter protests of today, this expansive volume brings together first-person accounts, political documents and speeches, and historical photographs from each region of the country.

Designed for use in courses and engaging for general readers, this new compilation is the most diverse, most inclusive, and most comprehensive resource available for teaching and learning about the civil rights movement. With chronological and geographical depth, The New Civil Rights Movement Reader addresses a range of key topics, including youth activism, regional and local freedom struggles, voting rights, economic inequality, gender, sexuality, and culture, and the movement's global reach.

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Contents
List of Figures
Preface
Preface for Students
Introduction
Chapter 1: Labor and Civil Rights in the 1930s
Chapter 2: World War II
Chapter 3: Galvanizing the Movement in the 1950s
Chapter 4: Youth Activism in the Early 1960s
Chapter 5: Local Struggles
Chapter 6: The Struggles for Voting and Political Power in Mississippi and Alabama
Chapter 7: Economic Dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 8: Black Power
Chapter 9: Gender and Sexuality
Chapter 10: Culture and the Movement
Chapter 11: Black Power Politics and Reform in the 1970s and 1980s
Chapter 12: The Reach of the Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 13: The Black Freedom Movement in the Twenty-First Century
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