The Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement | Grassroots Organizers Played the Most Important Role in the Civil Rights Movement
David J. Garrow is a presidential distinguished professor at Emory University Law School. He is the author of numerous books and articles about the civil rights movement, including Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In the following viewpoint, Garrow challenges civil rights scholarship that focuses primarily on the policies and actions of nationally oriented—and commonly identified—civil rights organizations and leaders. To arrow, the real backbone of the movement was a cadre of crucial— albeit lesser...
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- Introduction
- How Did the Fight for Rights Begin?
- Segregation or Integration?
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What Were the Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Federal Legislation Will Strengthen Civil Rights
- Federal Civil Rights Legislation Is Inadequate
- Blacks Must Employ Nonviolent Resistance
- Nonviolent Resistance Is Not Enough
- Blacks Should Strive for Black Power
- Black Power Is Ineffective
- King’s Protest Campaigns Had a Limited Impact on Civil Rights
- King’s Protest Campaigns Bolstered Civil Rights
- Who Played the Most Important Role in the Civil Rights Movement?
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