Annotated Bibliography due by 16 Feb @ 1600 est

Richard Johnson 5

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Richard Johnson

Burton Peretti

HIST 365 Recent America: 1945 to Present

16 February 2019

This assignment is a bibliography on the topic of Civil Rights Movement. Apparently, Civil Rights Movement was a struggle for social justice where the blacks fought to gain equal rights under the law of the United States of America. The decade long movement was quite active between the years 1954 and 1968. Comment by Catherine Peretti: Why “apparently”?

Hall, Jacquelyn Dowd. "The long civil rights movement and the political uses of the past." In The Best American History Essays 2007, pp. 235-271. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2007. Comment by Catherine Peretti: An excellent source, and the citation is almost perfectly formatted. You just need to add the name of the editor of the volume here.

In this journal article, the researcher argues that in as much as the memories of the Civil Rights Movement has been kept alive through several journals, remembrance is a form of forgetting because the narrative has been distilled from both memory and history because of political contestations and distorted ideology. The way the narrative of civil rights movement has been embedded in the various artifacts of mass culture not only distorts but also suppress as much as it reveals. Since this material addresses the narrative of civil rights movement, it is what makes it relevant to our research topic of civil rights movement. Comment by Catherine Peretti: What kind of “journals”? This might not be the word you want to use here.

Johnson, William G. "The future of disability policy: benefit payments or civil rights?" The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 549, no. 1 (1997): 160-172. Comment by Catherine Peretti: The year comes at the end in Chicago style (as you put it in the citation above).

This journal article future of the policy of disability. In his research efforts, the author aims to determine if the future of the policy of disability will be about civil rights or benefit payments. Since this article touches the concept of civil rights, it is what makes it relevant to our research topic of civil rights movement. Comment by Catherine Peretti: I’m not sure this is directly relevant to your topic, even though the phrase ‘civil rights’ appears in the title. Delete this source maybe?

Shelton, Paula Young, and Raúl Colón. 2013. Child of the civil rights movement. New York: Dragonfly Books. Comment by Catherine Peretti: Year at the end. This is the placement in APA style.

This book was written to address the important topic of civil rights movement from the perspective of a young child. Though quite young at the time, the author listened to, watched and finally joined with her family in the historic march from Selma to Montgomery. The fact that this material is based on the civil rights movement is what makes it relevant in our research topic of civil rights movements. Comment by Catherine Peretti: OK, but if this also is a book intended for young readers, it may not be appropriate as a source for your paper.

Carrier, Jim. 2004. A traveler's guide to the civil rights movement. Orlando: Harcourt. Comment by Catherine Peretti: Alphabetize the citations by the authors’ last names. Comment by Catherine Peretti: A travel guide is interesting, but it deals less directly with the history than most of your other sources.

The author of this books cerebrates the national monuments of civil rights movement in America. In this cerebration, the author give s state by state listings of the monuments, museums, and historical landmarks whether they are famous or infamous. Apart from the listings, the author also comments on the significance of each of them. The fact that this material address the topic of civil rights movements makes it relevant and useful in our research topic.

Ling, Peter J., and Sharon Monteith. 2004. Gender and the civil rights movement. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univ. Press.

This book is a collection of essays analyzing the incidents, people and protests of the civil rights movements. The authors however chose to make this analysis from the gender perspective. Apart from studying women, the authors seek to understand assigned sexual roles and gender shaped the tactical approach and the ideology of the movement. This material s relevant to our research topic because it addresses the narrative of the civil rights movement.

Brown-Nagin, Tomiko. 2012. Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement.

In this book the author argues that the African Americans in Atlanta had started questioning the meaning of equality way before the emergence of black power. In other words, the African Americans had laid out the steps to achieving equality in America way before the civil rights movement began. This material is relevant to our research topic because it addresses the preparedness of the black’s way before civil rights movement.

Romano, Renee Christine, and Leigh Raiford. 2006. The Civil Rights movement in American memory. Athens, Ga: University of Georgia Press. https://archive.org/details/civilrightsmovem00roma_0.

This material addresses how the civil rights movement in America is remembered since its peak in the decade of 1950s and 1960s. This material is relevant to our research topic because it is based on the very topic of our research.

Estes, Steve. 2005. I am a man!: race, manhood, and the civil rights movement. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=413269.

The authors of this books studies the key events, groups, and leaders of the civil rights movement. Their primary goal is t understand how the activists of the time used manhood and race to advance their vision of the future of the American society. This material is relevant to our research topic because it addresses the preparedness of the blacks way before civil rights movement.

McNeese, Tim. 2008. The civil rights movement: striving for justice. New York: Chelsea House. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10283293.

The author of this book addresses the rise of the civil rights movement. This material is relevant to our research topic because it addresses the preparedness of the black’s way before civil rights movement.

Levine, Daniel. 2000. Bayard Rustin and the civil rights movement. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press.

The author of this book analyzes more than 120 works of art many of which have never been published before. This biography addresses the legacy of Bayard Rustin and his role in applying non-violent action to race relations in America. This material is relevant because it focuses on one people who was a vital force in the civil rights movement in the United States of America. Comment by Catherine Peretti: Really? The title of the book doesn’t seem to indicate that it’s about art.

Bibliography

Brown-Nagin, Tomiko. 2012. Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement.

Estes, Steve. 2005. I am a man!: race, manhood, and the civil rights movement. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=413269.

Carrier, Jim. 2004. A traveler's guide to the civil rights movement. Orlando: Harcourt.

Hall, Jacquelyn Dowd. "The long civil rights movement and the political uses of the past." In The Best American History Essays 2007, pp. 235-271. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2007.

Johnson, William G. "The future of disability policy: benefit payments or civil rights?." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 549, no. 1 (1997): 160-172.

Ling, Peter J., and Sharon Monteith. 2004. Gender and the civil rights movement. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univ. Press.

McNeese, Tim. 2008. The civil rights movement: striving for justice. New York: Chelsea House. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10283293.

Romano, Renee Christine, and Leigh Raiford. 2006. The Civil Rights movement in American memory. Athens, Ga: University of Georgia Press. https://archive.org/details/civilrightsmovem00roma_0.

Shelton, Paula Young, and Raúl Colón. 2013. Child of the civil rights movement. New York: Dragonfly Books.