TY - GEN T1 - After the dream : black and white southerners since 1965 T2 - Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century. A1 - Minchin, Timothy J. A2 - Salmond, John A. LA - English PP - Lexington, Ky. PB - University Press of Kentucky YR - 2011 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn711004415 AB - Martin Luther King's 1965 address from Montgomery, Alabama, the center of much racial conflict at the time and the location of the well-publicized bus boycott a decade earlier, is often considered by historians to be the culmination of the civil rights era in American history. In his momentous speech, King declared that segregation was "on its deathbed" and that the movement had already achieved significant milestones. Although the civil rights movement had won many battles in the struggle for racial equality by the mid-1960s, including legislation to guarantee black voting rights and to desegregate public accommodations, the fight to implement the new laws was just starting. In reality, King's speech in Montgomery represented a new beginning rather than a conclusion to the movement, a fact that King acknowledged in the address. After the Dream: Black and White Southerners since 1965 begins where many histories of the civil rights movement end, with King's triumphant march from the iconic battleground of Selma to Montgomery. Timothy J. Minchin and John Salmond focus on events in the South following the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. After the Dream examines the social, economic, and political implications of these laws in the decades following their passage, discussing the empowerment of black southerners, white resistance, accommodation and acceptance, and the nation's political will. The book also provides a fascinating history of the often-overlooked period of race relations during the presidential administrations of Ford, Carter, Reagan, and both George H.W. and George W. Bush. Ending with the election of President Barack Obama, this study will influence contemporary historiography on the civil rights movement OP - 405 CN - E185.61 .M655 2011eb SN - 9780813129884 SN - 0813129885 SN - 9780813139999 SN - 0813139996 SN - 9786613017840 SN - 6613017841 SN - 9780813135625 SN - 0813135621 SN - 9780813129785 SN - 0813129788 SN - 1283017849 SN - 9781283017848 KW - African Americans : Civil rights : History : 20th century. KW - Civil rights : Southern States : History : 20th century. KW - Southern States : Race relations : History : 20th century. KW - Southern States : Politics and government : 20th century. KW - African Americans : Segregation : History : 20th century. KW - Segregation in education : Southern States : History. KW - Ségrégation en éducation : États-Unis (Sud) : Histoire. KW - Noirs américains : Ségrégation : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Noirs américains : Droits : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - États-Unis (Sud) : Relations raciales : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Ethnic Studies : African American Studies. KW - HISTORY : United States : 20th Century. KW - African Americans : Civil rights KW - African Americans : Segregation KW - Civil rights KW - Politics and government KW - Race relations KW - Segregation in education KW - Southern States KW - 1900-1999 KW - Electronic resource. KW - History ER -