Running for Freedom

Steven F. Lawson is Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University. He has served as an adviser to the television documentary series Eyes on the Prize and has participated as an historical consultant on voting rights cases. His publications include Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the South, 1944–1969 (1976), In Pursuit of Power: Southern Blacks and Electoral Politics, 1965–1982 (1985), Civil Rights Crossroads: Nation, Community, and the Black Freedom Struggle (2003), and To Secure These Rights: The Report of President Harry S Truman’s Committee on Civil Rights (2004).

• List of Images viiiPreface to the Fourth Edition xAcknowledgments xiiiAbbreviations Used in the Text xiv1 World War II and the Origins of the Freedom Struggle 12 Ballots, Boycotts, and the Building of a National Agenda 363 Surging Protest, Shifting Politics 724 Reenfranchisement and Racial Consciousness 1085 The New Black Politicians: From Protest to Empowerment 1506 Progress and Poverty: Politics in a Conservative Era 1857 In Search of Legitimacy 2218 Hope and Despair: The 1990s 2589 Still Running for Freedom 29810 Toward a "More Perfect Union": The Obama Presidency 342Bibliographical Essay 393Index 429

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