1st Edition

Black Citizenship and Authenticity in the Civil Rights Movement

By Randolph Hohle Copyright 2013
188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

This book explains the emergence of two competing forms of black political representation that transformed the objectives and meanings of local action, created boundaries between national and local struggles for racial equality, and prompted a white response to the civil rights movement that set the stage for the neoliberal turn in US policy. Randolph Hohle questions some of the most basic... Read more

Introduction  1. Good Black Citizenship and Personal Ethics  2. Mobilizing the Black Community: Social Ethics, Social Capital and the Black Family  3. Civic Ethics and Embodied Performances  4. Black Authenticity and an Ethics of Autonomy  5. The Transformation of SNCC and Local Activism.  Conclusion: Good White Citizenship and the White Response to the Movement.

Biography

Randolph Hohle is currently an Assistant Professor of Sociology at D’Youville College. His research addresses how a group’s moral claims affect citizenship, social policy and subsequent political mobilization. His work has appeared in such journals as Sociological Forum, The Sociological Quarterly, The Journal of Historical Sociology, and Sociological Compass.

'I savored working my way through Hohle’s account of the emergence and evolution of the mid-twentiethcentury fight for racial freedom and justice...  I can’t wait to see how this promising and passionate young scholar develops and applies his ideas to new research on social movements, culture, and racial change in the years to come.' — Douglas Hartmann, Contemporary Sociology