1st Edition

Beneath the Image of the Civil Rights Movement and Race Relations Atlanta, GA 1946-1981

By David A. Harmon Copyright 1996
370 Pages
by Routledge

372 Pages
by Routledge

This study is the story of the local Civil Rights Movement and race relations in Atlanta, Georgia from 1946 to 1981. Most examinations of the Civil Rights Movement have been written from a national perspective. These studies have presented local African American protest movements as part of a national campaign for civil rights that lasted approximately from 1955, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, to... Read more
Introduction, Acknowledgments, I The Second Real Emancipation, II The Politics of Race, III Challenges to the Coalition, IV The Battle for an Open City, The Forgotten Communities of Atlanta, I The Transition from White to African American Political Power , VII The Jackson Y ears, Conclusion

Biography

David A. Harmon