Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality, 1890-2000

Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality, 1890-2000

by Adam Fairclough (Author)

Synopsis

The author Adam Fairclough chronicles the struggle of black Americans to acheieve civil rights and equality in a society that, after the collapse of the Reconstruction, santioned racial segregation, racial discrimination and political supremacy. Throughout the book, Fairclough re-examines many issues and balances the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement against the persistance of racial and economic inequalities.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 400
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 25 Jul 2002

ISBN 10: 0142001295
ISBN 13: 9780142001295

Media Reviews
In the hands of Adam Fairclough, BETTER DAY COMING, does more than any other book to place the historic Civil Rights Movement within the broader scope of the Black Freedom Struggle in the twentieth century. A distinguished historian has crafted an impressive narrative of persistence and resistance, heroism and timidity. A must read for the rising generation of young people for whom the Civil Rights Movement has been relegated to ancient history. --Steven F. Lawson Rutgers University

Just right and badly needed. I know of no other text that covers these years. I will definitely adopt. --Daniel Levine, Bowdoin College

Author Bio
Adam Fairclough teaches American history at the University of East Anglia. His books include To Redeem The Soul Of America, Martin Luther King Jr. and Race And Democracy which won the Lillian Smith Award.