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Author:   Hasan Kwame Jeffries
Publisher:   University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint:   University of Wisconsin Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.495kg
ISBN:  

9780299321949

ISBN 10:   0299321940
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   30 July 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Table of Contents

Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction 3 Hasan Kwame Jeffries Part One. Dispatches from the Frontline: Reflections on Teaching the Civil Rights Movement Who Is Fannie Lou Hamer? A Movement Veteran Reflects on Teaching Civil Rights History 13 Charles E. Cobb Jr. “They won’t just be reading about history—they’ll be living it”: The Anderson Monarchs Civil Rights Barnstorming Tour 22 Steve Bandura Rosa Did More Than Sit and Martin Did More Than Dream: Pushing beyond the Master Narrative with High School Students 39 Adam Sanchez “I had this black professor at UT”: Teaching Civil Rights and Black Power to White and Black College Students 47 Leonard N. Moore Part Two. “Bigger than a hamburger”: Reframing the Civil Rights Movement Obstacles to Freedom: Life in Jim Crow America 59 Stephen A. Berrey Freedom Rights: Reconsidering the Movement’s Goals and Objectives 73 Hasan Kwame Jeffries The Ballot and the Bullet: Rethinking the Violent/Nonviolent Dichotomy 83 Christopher B. Strain Place Matters: The Indispensable Story of Civil Rights Activism beyond Dixie 95 Patrick D. Jones Part Three. “Now that he is safely dead, let us praise him”: Teaching Iconic Civil Rights People, Organizations, and Events Complicating Martin Luther King Jr.: Teaching the Life and Legacy of the Movement’s Most Iconic Figure 113 Charles McKinney Not That Kind of Tired: Rosa Parks and Organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott 131 Emilye Crosby Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Teaching the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Project 144 Nicole A. Burrowes and La TaSha B. Levy Teaching Malcolm X beyond the Mythology—By Any Means Necessary 159 Clarence Lang The Long Hot Summers of the 1960s: Teaching the Racial Disturbances of the Civil Rights Era 175 Shawn Leigh Alexander, John Rury, and Clarence Lang Power to the People! A Curriculum for Teaching the Black Panther Party and the Transition from Civil Rights to Black Power 185 Jakobi Williams Part Four. “The essence of scholarship is truth”: Sources for Teaching the Civil Rights Movement Everybody Say Freedom: Using Oral History to Construct and Teach New Civil Rights Narratives 197 J. Todd Moye Freedom Songs: Building a Civil Rights Playlist 209 Charles L. Hughes Two Thumbs Up: Movies and Documentaries to Use (and Avoid) When Teaching Civil Rights 224 Hasan Kwame Jeffries A Rich Record: Using Primary Sources to Explore the Civil Rights Movement 241 John B. Gartrell The Revolution Was Not Televised but It Is Available Online: Using the SNCC Digital Gateway to Tell Civil Rights History from the Bottom Up 247 Karlyn Forner Part Five. “Strong people don’t need strong leaders”: Methods for Teaching the Civil Rights Movement Stay Woke: Teaching the Civil Rights Movement through Literature 261 Julie Buckner Armstrong “Nonviolence is impossible”: Role-Playing in the Classroom 276 Wesley Hogan California Democracy Schools: A Model for Teaching Civil Rights to Students of All Ages 291 Michelle M. Herczog Walking in Their Shoes: Using #BlackLivesMatter to Teach the Civil Rights Movement 300 Shannon King Contributors 313 Index 319

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Hasan Kwame Jeffries is an associate professor of history at The Ohio State University and the author of Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama's Black Belt.

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