The Civil Rights Movement in American Memory.(Book review)

From: Southern Cultures | Date: March 22, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

The Civil Rights Movement in American Memory Edited by Renee C. Romano and Leigh Raiford University of Georgia Press, 2006 382 pp. Cloth $59.95; paper $22.95

Roger Rosenblatt, a journalist and media commentator, remarked some years ago that "even when ... we don't understand, when people do things in vast numbers, it is interesting. And they are trying to tell us something, or they're trying to tell themselves something." Rosenblatt's statement could have described the tendency in U.S. popular culture to raise anew narratives of the modern Civil Rights Movement. For roughly ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

How New York Changes the Story of The Civil Rights Movement
Magazine article from: Afro - Americans in New York Life and History ; When most people say "the civil rights movement" they are referring to the...to call it the southern civil rights movement because the southern-ness...should call it the southern civil rights movement, because there was a northern...
Civil rights movement paved way for other freedom fights
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times ; ...the role of women in the civil rights movement: making posters, coffee...learned organizing from the civil rights movement," said Purrington, now the...the envelopes." While the civil rights movement historically has been seen...
A Traveler's Guide to the Civil Rights Movement.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Southern Cultures ; ...Traveler's Guide to the Civil Rights Movement By Jim Carrier Harcourt...rrier's Traveler's Guide to the Civil Rights Movement begins the reader's tour...the South every year on Civil Rights movement and African American history...
Civil rights movement through the eyes of TV
Newspaper article from: Indianapolis Recorder ; ...Recorder 05-02-2003 "The civil rights movement played a crucial role in...simultaneous emergence of the civil rights movement and television. Telejournalism...gravitas. For its part, the civil rights movement staked the moral authority...
The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History ; The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History...ISBN 1-57233-443-6.) In The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History...among humankind (p. 334). The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee is organized topically...
The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History ; The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History...ISBN 1-57233-443-6.) In The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History...among humankind" (p. 334). The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee is organized topically...
EYES ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 'MISSISSIPPI BURNING' LATEST IN A WAVE OF WORKS ABOUT THE 'KING YEARS'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe ; ...coming to grips with the civil rights movement in the movies it goes to...Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement, "Parting the Waters: America...Several other movies about the civil rights movement are in the pipeline, including...
Last gasp of the civil rights movement.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) ; ...2001 as the death of the civil rights movement. The movement's demise provides...back, it's obvious that the civil rights movement - which dates from the passage...practical effect was to give the civil rights movement an edge, pushing it beyond...
Reviving vigor of civil rights movement
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) ; ...04-28-2006 Reviving vigor of civil rights movement LAWRENCE AARON Date: 04...struggling to resuscitate the civil rights movement's ideals. The F.W. Woolworth...1964. The goal of the old civil rights movement was to get non-blacks to...
Exhibit on America's Civil Rights Movement at Heinz History Center
Newspaper article from: New Pittsburgh Courier ; Exhibit on America's Civil Rights Movement at Heinz History Center...and events of the American Civil Rights Movement. The images reflect both...opportunity to examine the Civil Rights Movement through the experiences...

Find more facts and information related to the article "The Civil Rights Movement in American ..."