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From Protest to Power: the Recent History of Civil Rights in the United States Part 3
Steven Lawson is the author of Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the South 1944-1969 and In Pursuit of Power: Southern Blacks & Electoral Politics 1965-1982 (Columbia University Press). Robert J. Norrell is the author of Reaping the Whirlwind: The Civil … Continue reading
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From Protest to Power
Steven Lawson, the author of Running for Freedom: Civil Rights and Black Politics in America since 1941, reviews the civil rights movement and the emergence of black politicians from World War II until the late 1980s. At the time of this interview, … Continue reading
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