Greta De Jong

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Invisible Enemy (eBook, PDF)

The African American Freedom Struggle after 1965

Beschreibung

This highly accessible account of the evolution of American racism outlines how 'colorblind' approaches to discrimination ensured the perpetuation of racial inequality in the United States well beyond the 1960s.

• A highly accessible account of the evolution of American racism, its perpetuation, and black people's struggles for equality in the post-civil rights era
• Guides students to a better understanding of the experiences of black Americans and their ongoing struggles for justice, by highlighting the interconnectedness of African American history with that of the nation as a whole
• Highlights the economic and political functions that racism has served throughout the nation's history
• Discusses the continuation of the freedom movement beyond the 1960s to provide a comprehensive new historiography of racial equality and social justice

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 2.14MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Greta de Jong is Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research focuses on the connections between race and class and the ways that African Americans have fought for economic as well as political rights from the end of slavery through the twenty-first century. She is the author of A Different Day: African American Struggles for Justice in Rural Louisiana, 1900¿1970 (2002).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444320831
• Artikelnr.: 38310200

Rezensionen

"The book is an important contribution in understanding a still largely overlooked period of contemporary history. Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." (Choice , 1 April 2011)

"Even so, the thematic unity and clear elucidation of the nature and persistence of systemic racism in American society and of white Americans ' blindness to it makes the book a valuable study that
should engage student audiences and the reading public." (Journal of American History, 1 March 2011)"A remarkable scholarly work that illuminates why thestruggle for equal rights did not achieve full racial equality. . .de Jong draws attention to the oppressive economic andpolitical forces that have yet to be overcome, even asAmericans celebrate the dream of Martin Luther King,Jr."
Clayborne Carson, Founding director of the Martin Luther King,Jr. Research and Education Institute at StanfordUniversity

"De Jong writes with passion and grace. Herhistorically-grounded treatment of both racism and black Americans'self-directed struggles for justice make this study an invaluableguide to the complexities of race in contemporarysociety."
William L. Van Deburg, author of New Day in Babylon:The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975