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My Mind Set on Freedom: A History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 (The American Ways Series)
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by John Salmond
Sales Rank: 1175534
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Cover Type: Paperback with 189 pages
Published by: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher February 25, 1998
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1566631416
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1566631419
Book Dimensions:
8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 9.3 ounces
Product Review
Trying to tell a richly detailed version of the turbulent and triumphant history of the civil rights movement in under 200 pages is a risky thing, but John A. Salmond, a professor of American history at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, has produced a text that speaks equally to the college student and educator. Citing the origins of the civil rights movement in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policies of the 1930s, Salmond highlights the sit-ins, political organizations, riots, and the often brutal response of the United States government. He chronicles both the well-known and anonymous players on the stage of Afro-American liberation, from the role of civil rights lawyers Charles H. Houston and future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in the historic Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas, that ended official segregation in America, to the act of defiance by Rosa Parks that led to the Montgomery bus boycott and brought Martin Luther King Jr. to prominence, as well as the assassinations of King and black nationalist leader Malcolm X.
With clear prose refreshingly free of racial and social cliches, Salmond correctly states that, contrary to those who saw the civil rights movement as an agitation spurred on by outside forces, "the civil rights revolution had its roots deep in the American experience, in the egalitarian notions of Thomas Jefferson [and] the Emancipation Proclamation. It is a mistake to think that Southern blacks meekly accepted the imposition of a caste system. They fought against it from the beginning." --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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Hardcover
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Midwest Book Review
Martin Luther King Jr. came to symbolize the civil rights movement, yet there were many who participated in the drama of change. This presents a fine, well-rounded history of the movement from 1954-68, tracing Southern opposition to change and the progress of the movement as it fostered new freedoms. This makes a fine introduction for any interested in civil rights events.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Reader Reviews
This is a well written book which is a great read for someone who already has knowledge about the Civil Rights Movement. I selected this book in search of a text, perhaps supplementary, for a class that I teach. I realized a few pages into it that it would not be appropriate for a class or person without prior knowledge of the Movement. I did find that it reminded me of topics that are important to cover with my class. John Salmond has done a great job of hitting the "high points". At 163 pages, it was the perfect refresher course for this teacher! I recommend this book to anyone who has thought about, or lived during the Movement, and wants to be reminded of its impact and relavance. My Mind Set on Freedom is a great addition to libraries that pertain to U.S. History. It is a moving account: a real page turner.
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