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In *Better Day Coming*, historian Adam Fairclough offers a concise, scholarly overview of the century-long pursuit of civil rights and equality by black Americans in the United States. He charts the path from Ida B. Wells’ anti‑lynching campaign in the 1890s through the establishment of the NAACP, Booker T. Washington’s accommodation strategy, Marcus Garvey’s black nationalism, and the pivotal Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s led by Martin Luther King Jr., to the subsequent ascent and decline of the Black Power movement. Fairclough’s analysis balances the successes of the movement with the enduring racial and economic disparities that persist in American society.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Adam Fairclough
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