Time Longer Than Rope: A Century of African American Activism, 1850-1950

by Adam Green and Charles M. Payne

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The story of the civil rights movement is well-known, popularized by both the media and the academy. Yet the version of the story recounted time and again by both history books and PBS documentaries is a simplified one, reduced to an inspirational but ultimately facile narrative framed around Dr. King, the Kennedys, and the redemptive days of Montgomery and Memphis, in which black individuals become the rescued survivors. This story renders the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814767036

ISBN13:9780814767030

Release Date:August 2003

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:584 Pages

Weight:2.05 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

19th Century African-American Studies Civil Rights Civil Rights & Liberties Education & Reference History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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