Civil Rights in the USA 1863-1980 Heinemann Advanced History:

The up-to-date resource for today's students.

Civil Rights in the USA, 1863-1980 is the ideal book for students studying the struggle for equal rights in the United States and the extent to which it had been achieved by the end of the twentieth century.

• Separate sections for AS and A2 ensures your students have the information they need at the right depth.
• Exam preparation and advice at the end of each section help your students understand what examiners are looking for and what style questions your exam board will set.
• A more accessible AS format eases the transition from GCSE while the A2 section develops students' skills and helps them rise to the challenge of A Level exams.

Contents Listing

AS SECTION: CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE USA, 1863-1968

1. America - 'land of the free'?
2. Towards a kind of freedom, 1863-77
3. Race relations and civil rights, 1877-1917
4. The inter-war years, 1920-41
5. The Second World War and civil rights
6. Post-war changes and the Civil Rights Movement
7. The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the emergence of Martin Luther King, 1955-6
8. Further protests in the south
9. Success for the Civil Rights Movement, 1963-5
10. Changes in the Civil Rights Movement, 1965-6
11. The origins, nature and effects of Black Power
12. The achievements of the Civil Rights Movement

AS Assessment
A2 SECTION: CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE USA, 1863-1980

1. The politics of freedom and equality
2. The struggle for black civil rights, 1865-1968
3. The rights of labour
4. The growing militancy of the Civil Rights Movement, 1950-80
5. America - 'the melting pot'

A2 Assessment

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