The history of civil rights in the US has been dominated by debates on the role of Martin Luther King. Some historians have argued for a longer history of civil rights extending from well before King’s speech. Such a history incorporates, for example, the work of the union movement amongst black workers in the 1940s North and South.

Copyright 2013 Ingrid Sykes / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

The history of civil rights in the US has been dominated by debates on the role of Martin Luther King. Some historians have argued for a longer history of civil rights extending from well before King’s speech. Such a history incorporates, for example, the work of the union movement amongst black workers in the 1940s North and South. Copyright 2013 Ingrid Sykes / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

The Telling of Civil Rights

Making History aims to give students an understanding of the role and importance of historiography (the particular ‘spin’ or interpretation in history) and an awareness of significant historiographical changes in the discipline of history as a whole.

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The Telling of Civil Rights

The Telling of Civil Rights