Covers major figures and events in U.S. civil rights movement from 1865 to 1970. Includes Reconstruction, the Black Codes, the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, the NAACP's legal victories, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther King Jr., the March on Washington, pro-civil rights political action in the 1960s, and the Black Power movement.
The American Language Of Rights
Richard A. Primus examines three crucial periods in American history
(the late eighteenth century, the civil war and the 1950s and 1960s) in
order to demonstrate how the conceptions of rights prevailing at each
of these times grew out of reactions to contemporary social and
political crises. His innovative approach sees rights language as
grounded more in opposition to concrete social and political practices,
than in the universalistic paradigms presented by many political
philosophers. This study demonstrates the potency of the language of
rights throughout American history, and looks for the first time at the
impact of modern totalitarianism (in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union)
on American conceptions of rights. The American Language of Rights is a
major contribution to contemporary political theory, of interest to
scholars and students in politics and government, constitutional law,
and American history.
• Combines history, law, political theory and philosophy of language
• Defends the language of rights, in part using a new examination of totalitarianism
• Written by a Supreme Court clerk and ex-Rhodes scholar
Taboos and Issues (by Richard MacAndrew & Ron Martinez) Политически некорректные шутки, сексуальные домогательства, развод, права сексуальных меньшинств, легализация наркотиков.. темы, которые обычно избегают не только в учебниках, но и в обществе. Данное пособие знакомит учащегося с выражениями и предлагает на обсуждение различные "щекотливые" темы. В дополнение к вышеуказанным темам, здесь так же присутствуют упражнения по применению тех или иных выражений.
Politically incorrect jokes, sexual harassment, divorce, gay rights, body image, drug legalization . . . issues that are normally avoided in textbooks become the heart of this cutting-edge resource. Ideal for adults and young people who want the opportunity to discuss more controversial issues, these entirely photocopiable lessons tackle "taboos" in a means far from being bland! In addition to the above topics, you'll find language exercises on swear words, nudity, gun possession, racism, animal rights, beggars, anxiety and depression, sex change, bribery and corruption, infidelity, and the death penalty.
The Civil Rights Era (SparkNotes History Notes) 
