Running for Freedom: Civil Rights and Black Politics in America Since 1941, Edition 3

Steven F. Lawson

Sep 2011 · John Wiley & Sons

About this ebook

Running for Freedom, 3rd edition charts the monumental struggle for African-American civil rights and the impact of that movement in transforming the American political system in the South and nationwide from 1941 to 2008.

• Explores the interplay between the local and the national dimensions of the civil rights story, between grassroots activists and federal officials, and between the North and South
• New edition includes new material on the Clinton Administration, the controversial 2000 and 2004
  presidential elections, and the disaster that Hurricane Katrina wrought on New Orleans
• Right up-to-date, it also describes the rise to power of Barack Obama and the achievement of black political legitimacy
• Ideal for students: short, teachable, and accessibly written; visually engaging with new photographs and maps

Ratings and reviews

Overall, a great read and great book to learn about the Civil Rights Movement, grassroots to national level organizations and the way the federal government was involved. That being said this ebook is buggy, doesn't count the pages has page 3 for the first few chapters so it doesn't always save your last place read. Scanned pages are for chp 3., skips a few chapters then has the last few scanned. A terrible experience when trying to read this in electronic form.

About the author

Steven F. Lawson is professor of history at Rutgers University. His other books include Black Ballots (1976, 1998); In Pursuit of Power (1985); Debating the Civil Rights Movement (1997, 2006) with Charles Payne; and Civil Rights Crossroads (2004). He is coeditor of the series “Uncovering the Past” for Wiley-Blackwell (with Nancy A. Hewitt) and he was an academic advisor to the award-winning television documentary series, “Eyes on the Prize,” I and II.