Running for Freedom, Fourth Edition, updates historian Steven Lawson's classic volume detailing the history of African-American civil rights and black politics from the beginning of World War II to the present day. Offers comprehensive coverage of the African-American struggle...
Covering the history of the civil rights movement since World War II, this text focuses on the development of black electoral politics from Southern disenfranchisement to the election of big city mayors. The author ties together the broader effort to achieve the legal right to...
Running for Freedom , 3rd edition charts the monumental struggle for African-American civil rights and the impact of that movement in transforming the American political system in the South and nationwide from 1941 to 2008. Explores the interplay between the local and the national...