Better Day Coming by Adam Fairclough
From the end of postwar Reconstruction in the South to an analysis of the rise and fall of Black Power, acclaimed historian Adam Fairclough presents a straightforward synthesis of the century-long struggle of black Americans to achieve civil rights and equality in the US. Fairclough chronicles the tradition of protest that led to the formation of the NAACP, and the often conflicting strategies of Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey and Martin Luther King Jr., presenting their achievements alongside the persistence of racial and economic inequalities.
"In the hands of Adam Fairclough, BETTER DAY COMING, does more than any other book to place the historic Civil Rights Movement within the broader scope of the Black Freedom Struggle in the twentieth centuryA distinguished historian has crafted an impressive narrative of persistence and resistance, heroism and timidity. A must read for the rising generation of young people for whom the Civil Rights Movement has been relegated to ancient history." —Steven F. Lawson Rutgers University
"Just right and badly needed. I know of no other text that covers these years. I will definitely adopt." —Daniel Levine, Bowdoin College
ADAM FAIRCLOUGH is the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Chair of History and Culture of the United States at Leiden University. His books include Martin Luther King Jr., To Redeem the Soul of America, Race and Democracy, and The Star Creek Papers (all Georgia).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780142001295 |
| ISBN 10 | 0142001295 |
| Title | Better Day Coming |
| Author | Adam Fairclough |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2002-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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