A detailed account of the history of Black, Hispanic, Native and Asian-Americans since 1900. The author uses biographical accounts of prominent figures to illustrate the changing nature of the political and social struggles of the era - the roles of Booker T. Washington, Harry Truman, Martin Luther King, Lyndon Johnson and Jesse Jackson are given particular emphasis. The relative importance of prominent individuals, grass-roots activists, organizations and external pressures are weighed up throughout.
- ISBN10 0340753455
- ISBN13 9780340753453
- Publish Date 25 August 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 July 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hodder Arnold
- Imprint Hodder Arnold H&S
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English