Blacks and Social Change

Impact of the Civil Rights Movement in Southern Communities

James W. Button

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780691025377, 9780691632094
• eBook ISBN: 9781400860555
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: African American Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

This book is a long-term empirical analysis of the impact of the civil rights movement on the real-life situations of southern blacks. Looking at the period from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s, it assesses the role of black political participation in six Florida cities.

Originally published in 1989.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• 1. The Civil Rights Movement and Its Consequences
• 2. The Old South and the Politics of Race
• 3. The New South and Political Change
• 4. Black Political Participation and Changes in Police and Fire Protection
• 5. Other Public Services and the Politicization of Blacks: Streets and Recreation
• 6. The Private Sector: Social and Economic Progress
• 7. The Civil Rights Movement and Social Change
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• Notes
• Index