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Invisible enemy : the African American freedom struggle after 1965 / Greta de Jong.

By: De Jong, GretaContributor(s): Wiley InterScience (Online service)Material type: Text

TextSeries: America's recent pastPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010Description: 1 online resource (258 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781444320824; 1444320823; 9781444320831; 1444320831Subject(s): African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century | Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century | United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century | Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century | POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights | POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights | African Americans -- Civil rights | Civil rights movements | Race discrimination | Race relations | Racism | United States | Zwarten | Emancipatie | Verenigde Staten | 1900-1999Genre/Form: Electronic books. | History.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Invisible enemy.DDC classification: 323.1196/0730 LOC classification: E185.615 | .D436 2010Online resources: Wiley Online Library

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: The Never Ending Story: American Racism from Slavery to the Civil Rights Movement; 2: From the Freedom Movement to Free Markets: Racializing the War on Poverty and Colorblinding Jim Crow; 3: A System without Signs: The Invisible Racism of the Post-Civil Rights Era; 4: Fighting Jim Crow's Shadow: Struggles for Racial Equality after 1965; 5: To See or Not to See: Debates over Affirmative Action; 6: Is This America? Electoral Politics after the Voting Rights Act. 7. Fir$t cla$$ citizen$hip: struggles for economic justice -- All around the world: the freedom struggle in a global context. Notes; Index.

Summary: This highly accessible account of the evolution of American racism outlines how 'colorblind' approaches to discrimination ensured the perpetuation of racial inequality in the United States well beyond the 1960s.: A highly accessible account of the evolution of American racism, its perpetuation, and black people's struggles for equality in the post-civil rights era; Guides students to a better understanding of the experiences of black Americans and their ongoing struggles for justice, by highlighting the interconnectedness of African American history with that of the nation as a whole; Highligh.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This highly accessible account of the evolution of American racism outlines how 'colorblind' approaches to discrimination ensured the perpetuation of racial inequality in the United States well beyond the 1960s.: A highly accessible account of the evolution of American racism, its perpetuation, and black people's struggles for equality in the post-civil rights era; Guides students to a better understanding of the experiences of black Americans and their ongoing struggles for justice, by highlighting the interconnectedness of African American history with that of the nation as a whole; Highligh.

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