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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Theoharis, Jeanne.     Subjects     Blacks -- United States -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century     Blacks -- United States -- Civil rights -- Historiography.     Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Civil rights movements -- United States -- Historiography.     United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- Race relations -- Historiography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Theoharis, Jeanne.       by title:      A more beautiful and...       by call number:      323.1196073 T391m     Search the Web     Theoharis, Jeanne.     Blacks -- United States -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century     Blacks -- United States -- Civil rights -- Historiography.     Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Civil rights movements -- United States -- Historiography.     United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- Race relations -- Historiography.       MARC Display

A more beautiful and terrible history : the uses and misuses of civil rights history / Jeanne Theoharis. by Theoharis, Jeanne. Beacon Press, 2018. Call #: 323.1196073 T391m Subjects Blacks -- United States -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century   Blacks -- United States -- Civil rights -- Historiography.   Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Civil rights movements -- United States -- Historiography.   United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.   United States -- Race relations -- Historiography. ISBN:  9780807075876 (hc.) Description:  xxv, 253 pages ; 24 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "The civil rights movement has become national legend, lauded by presidents from Reagan to Obama to Trump, as proof of the power of American democracy. This fable, featuring dreamy heroes and accidental heroines, has shuttered the movement firmly in the past, whitewashed the forces that stood in its way, and diminished its scope. It is used perniciously in our own times to chastise present-day movements and obscure contemporary injustice. Historian Jeanne Theoharis dissects this national myth-making, teasing apart the accepted stories to show them in a strikingly different light. We see Rosa Parks not simply as a bus lady but a lifelong criminal justice activist and radical; Martin Luther King, Jr. as not only challenging Southern sheriffs but Northern liberals, too; and Coretta Scott King not only as a "helpmate" but a lifelong economic justice and peace activist who pushed her husband's activism in these directions. Moving from the histories we get to the histories we need, Theoharis challenges nine key aspects of the fable to reveal the diversity of people, especially women and young people, who led the movement; the work and disruption it took; the role of the media and "polite racism" in maintaining injustice; and the immense barriers and repression activists faced. Theoharis makes us reckon with the fact that far from being acceptable, passive or unified, the civil rights movement was unpopular, disruptive, and courageously persevering. Activists embraced an expansive vision of justice, which a majority of Americans opposed and which the federal government feared. By showing us the complex reality of the movement, the power of its organizing, and the beauty and scope of the vision, Theoharis proves that there was nothing natural or inevitable about the progress that occurred. Jeanne Theoharis is a professor of political science at Brooklyn College of City University of New York. She is author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 323.1196073 T391m Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 323.1196073 T391m Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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