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W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963 by David Levering Lewis
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This is the second volume of Lewis' award winning biography of Dubois. His ealier volume, A Biography of Race, also won the pulitzer prize among other prizes. It is necessary reading as well.
Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century (Blacks in the New World)Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century (Blacks in the New World)
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Divided We Stand: American Workers and the Struggle for Black Equality (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America)Divided We Stand: American Workers and the Struggle for Black Equality (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America) by Bruce Nelson
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Revolt Against ChivalryRevolt Against Chivalry by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall
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On lynchings see W. Fitzhugh Brundage's, Lynching in the New South; and his edited collection, Under the Sentence of Death. On Jim Crow in general see Leon Litwack's magnificent, Trouble in Mind.
From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial EqualityFrom Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality by Michael J. Klarman
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See also Mark Tushnet's, The NAACP's Legal Strategy against Segregated Education, 1925-1950.
Brotherhoods of Color: Black Railroad Workers and the Struggle for EqualityBrotherhoods of Color: Black Railroad Workers and the Struggle for Equality by Eric Arnesen
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Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi (Blacks in the New World)Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi (Blacks in the New World) by John Dittmer
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Black Victory: The Rise and Fall of the White Primary in TexasBlack Victory: The Rise and Fall of the White Primary in Texas by Darlene Clark Hine
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Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch
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See Branch's entire trilogy, America in the King Years. Volume 2 is titled, Pillar of Fire. Volume 3 is, At Canaan's Edge.
The Struggle for Black Equality, 1954-1992 (American Century Series)The Struggle for Black Equality, 1954-1992 (American Century Series) by Harvard Sitkoff
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Freedom North: Black Freedom Struggles Outside the South, 1940-1980Freedom North: Black Freedom Struggles Outside the South, 1940-1980
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See also Martha Biondi's, To Stand and Fight: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Postwar New York City
Civilities and Civil Rights : Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for FreedomCivilities and Civil Rights : Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom by William H. Chafe
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Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice (Pivotal Moments in American History)Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice (Pivotal Moments in American History) by Arsenault, Raymond
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On CORE see August Meier and Elliot Rudwick's, Core: A Study in the Civil Rights Movement, 1942-1968. On SNCC see Clayborne Carson: In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s.
I've Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle (Centennial Book)I've Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle (Centennial Book) by Charles M. Payne
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My Soul Is Rested: Movement Days in the Deep South RememberedMy Soul Is Rested: Movement Days in the Deep South Remembered by Howell Raines
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (Gender and American Culture)Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (Gender and American Culture) by Barbara Ransby
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Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights: ORGANIZING MEMPHIS WORKERS (Working Class in American History)Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights: ORGANIZING MEMPHIS WORKERS (Working Class in American History) by Michael K. Honey
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See also Robert Korstad's, Civil Rights Unionism: Tobacco Workers and the Struggle for Democracy in the Mid-Twentieth-Century South.
Origins of the Civil Rights MovementsOrigins of the Civil Rights Movements by Aldon D. Morris
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Debating the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968Debating the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968 by Steven F. Lawson
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Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1956-1961Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1956-1961 by Mark V. Tushnet
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Making Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1961-1991Making Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1961-1991 by Mark Tushnet
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The Civil Rights Era: Origins and Development of National Policy, 1960-1972The Civil Rights Era: Origins and Development of National Policy, 1960-1972 by Hugh Davis Graham
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See also Graham's edited anthology, Civil Rights in The United States.
Collision Course: The Strange Convergence of Affirmative Action and Immigration Policy in AmericaCollision Course: The Strange Convergence of Affirmative Action and Immigration Policy in America by Hugh Davis Graham
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See also Ira Katznelson's, When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America.
In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in 20th-Century AmericaIn Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in 20th-Century America by Alice Kessler-Harris
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Freedom Is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace (Russell Sage Foundation Books at Harvard University Press)Freedom Is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace (Russell Sage Foundation Books at Harvard University Press) by Nancy MacLean
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