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Jacquelyn Dowd Hall

'The Long Civil Rights Movement and the Political Uses of the Past' by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall

The author dispels the myths of the Civil Rights movement constructed by the mainstream and the New Right instead reconstituting it towards struggles for economic equality and anti-militarism. The author delineates the complex mechanisms and modes of liberation contained within the Civil Rights Movement, turning away from the traditional narratives of 'legislative liberation'. The article contains interesting…

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