In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s, Tema 2Harvard University Press, 1981 - 359 páginas With its radical ideology and effective tactics, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was the cutting edge of the civil rights movement during the 1960s. This sympathetic yet even-handed book records for the first time the complete story of SNCC's evolution, of its successes and its difficulties in the ongoing struggle to end white repression. At its birth, SNCC was composed of black college students who shared an ideology of moral radicalism. This ideology, with its emphasis on nonviolence, challenged Southern segregation. SNCC students were the earliest civil rights fighters of the Second Reconstruction. They conducted sit-ins at lunch counters, spearheaded the freedom rides, and organized voter registration, which shook white complacency and awakened black political consciousness. In the process, Carson shows, SNCC changed from a group that endorsed white middle-class values to one that questioned the basic assumptions of liberal ideology and raised the fist for black power. Indeed, SNCC's radical and penetrating analysis of the American power structure reached beyond the black community to help spark wider social protests of the 1960s, such as the anti-Vietnam War movement. Carson's history of SNCC goes behind the scene to determine why the group's ideological evolution was accompanied by bitter power struggles within the organization. Using interviews, transcripts of meetings, unpublished position papers, and recently released FBI documents, he reveals how a radical group is subject to enormous, often divisive pressures as it fights the difficult battle for social change. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-3 de 58
Página 52
... participation was to be " in the old pattern that has often prevailed even in liberal interracial or- ganizations ... participating in summer workshops at the Highlander Folk School . Re- cognizing the difficulties that could result from ...
... participation was to be " in the old pattern that has often prevailed even in liberal interracial or- ganizations ... participating in summer workshops at the Highlander Folk School . Re- cognizing the difficulties that could result from ...
Página 236
... participation superseded all others as an illustration of SNCC's inability to resolve internal differences over policy on the basis of coherent political principles rather than emotions and fervent adherence to racial ideals . This ...
... participation superseded all others as an illustration of SNCC's inability to resolve internal differences over policy on the basis of coherent political principles rather than emotions and fervent adherence to racial ideals . This ...
Página 240
... participation was " the biggest obstacle " in the path of " Black folks getting liberation . " He added that SNCC's taking time to debate the issue was in itself an argument for the expulsion of whites , since " sensitive white people ...
... participation was " the biggest obstacle " in the path of " Black folks getting liberation . " He added that SNCC's taking time to debate the issue was in itself an argument for the expulsion of whites , since " sensitive white people ...
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
Part One Coming Together | 7 |
Sitins | 9 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 22 secciones no mostradas
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s, With a New ... Clayborne Carson Vista previa limitada - 1995 |
Términos y frases comunes
accepted action activists activities Albany American arrested Atlanta attempt became become began believed black power Brown called Carmichael charged City civil rights Cleveland Committee conference continued County criticisms delegates demonstrations direct discussions early efforts established experiences expressed federal field force Forman freedom gain goals going House ideas important initial interview involved issue jail John joined June King later leaders leadership Lewis liberal meeting MFDP militancy Mississippi Moses move movement Nashville Negro nonviolent northern organization participation party police political position problems programs Project protest racial radical registration remained Report representatives residents responsible result Revolutionaries role Sellers Sherrod sit-in SNCC staff SNCC workers SNCC's social South southern spring staff members statement struggle summer tion United University urban violence volunteers vote voter Washington World York young
Referencias a este libro
Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy Mary L. Dudziak Sin vista previa disponible - 2000 |