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The Economic Civil Rights Movement

Ezra, Michael

2013

Overview

Economic inequalities have been perhaps the most enduring problem facing African Americans since the civil rights movement, despite the attention they have received from activists. Although the civil rights movement dealt successfully with injustices like disenfranchisement and segregated public accommodations, economic disparities between blacks and whites remain sharp, and the wealth gap between the two groups has widened in the twenty-first century. The Economic Civil Rights Movement is a collection of thirteen original essays that analyze the significance of economic power to the black freedom struggle by exploring how African Americans fought for increased economic autonomy in an attempt to improve the quality of their lives. It covers a wide range of campaigns ranging from the World War II era through the civil rights and black power movements and beyond. The unfinished business of the civil rights movement primarily is economic. This book turns backward toward history to examine the ways African Americans have engaged this continuing challenge.

• Publisher: Routledge,Taylor and Francis,Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: African American Political History / African Americans / African Americans -- Civil rights / African Americans -- Economic conditions / African-American history / Black Panther / Black Power / Civil rights / civil rights leaders / Civil rights movements / Civil rights movements -- United States / civil rights organizations / consumerism / Contemporary History 1945 / Economic aspects / Economic conditions / Economic History / equal opportunity / Equality / Equality -- Economic aspects -- United States / Income distribution / Income distribution -- United States / Jim Crow / Martin Luther King, Jr / NAACP / Nation of Islam / nonviolence / poverty / racism / social justice / United States / urban economics
• ISBN: 9780415537360, 1138952486, 0415537363, 9781138952485