A more beautiful and terrible history : the uses and misuses of civil rights history / Jeanne Theoharis.

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The civil rights movement has become national legend, lauded by presidents from Reagan to Obama to Trump, as proof of the power of American democracy. This fable, featuring dreamy heroes and accidental heroines, has shuttered the movement firmly in the past, whitewashed the forces that stood in its...

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Main Author: Theoharis, Jeanne (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2018]
Subjects:
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Historiography.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > Historiography.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > Historiography.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Physical Description:xxv, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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Call Number: E185.61 .T44 2018
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