Race, Reform and Rebellion

MANNING MARABLE is Professor of Public Affairs, History, Political Science and African American Studies at Columbia University, USA, and is Director of the university's Center for Contemporary Black History. He has written and edited a number of books on Black History and Black America.

Preface.- Prologue: The Legacy of the First Reconstruction.- The Cold War in Black America, 1945-1954.- The Demand for Reform, 1954-1960.- We Shall Overcome, 1960-1965.- Black Power, 1965-1970.- Black Rebellion: Zenith and Decline, 1970-1976.- From Protest to Politics: The Retreat of the Second Reconstruction, 1976-1982.- Reaction: Black Society and Politics During Reagan Conservatism, 1982-1990.- Into the Wilderness: The Twilight of the Second Reconstruction, 1990-2001.- The New Racial Domain: The Politics of Racial Inequality, 2001-2006.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.