The Struggle in Black and Brown - African American and Mexican American Relations during the Civil Rights Era (Paperback, New)

It might seem that African Americans and Mexican Americans would have common cause in matters of civil rights. This volume, which considers relations between blacks and browns during the civil rights era, carefully examines the complex and multifaceted realities that complicate such assumptions--and that revise our view of both the civil rights struggle and black-brown relations in recent history. Unique in its focus, innovative in its methods, and broad in its approach to various locales and time periods, the book provides key perspectives to understanding the development of America's ethnic and sociopolitical landscape.
These essays focus chiefly on the Southwest, where Mexican Americans and African Americans have had a long history of civil rights activism. Among the cases the authors take up are the unification of black and Chicano civil rights and labor groups in California; divisions between Mexican Americans and African Americans generated by the War on Poverty; and cultural connections established by black and Chicano musicians during the period. Together these cases present the first truly nuanced picture of the conflict and cooperation, goodwill and animosity, unity and disunity that played a critical role in the history of both black and brown relations and the battle for civil rights. Their insights are especially timely, as black-brown relations occupy an increasingly important role in the nation's public life.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Justice and Social Inquiry
Release date:	2012
First published:	2012
Editors:	Brian D. Behnken
Introduction by:	Brian D. Behnken
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	312
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-6271-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Promotions
LSN:	0-8032-6271-X
Barcode:	9780803262713

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