Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement
Tomiko Brown-Nagin
According to conventional wisdom, the split between integrationism and black power in the civil rights movement occurred in the mid-1960s, ushering in a much more radical and contentious era. In this tale, before 1965 the movement favored integrationism. However, as Tomiko Brown-Nagin shows in her novel history of the movement in Atlanta from the 1940s to 1980, conflict and friction plagued the civil rights movement long before Stokely Carmichael achieved fame in 1966 for advocating black power.
Award History
1 wins · 1 total
| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bancroft PrizeMajor | 2012 | Winner | Official source |
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01 Central figures
None extracted with sufficient confidence.
02 Central places
- Atlanta86%
03 Suggested argument
In Atlanta, conflict and friction within the civil rights movement predated 1965, so the integrationism-to-black-power split did not simply emerge mid-1960s as conventional wisdom holds.
Model confidence 78%
04 Reading orientation
68 / 100 academicAcademic
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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 84%.