Agitations : Ideologies and Strategies in African American Politics

Though The Activities Of The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People (naacp), The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (sclc), And The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (sncc) Were Unified In Their Common Idea Of Resistance To Oppression, These Groups Fought Their Battles On Multiple Fronts. The Naacp Filed Lawsuits And Aggressively Lobbied Congress And State Legislatures, While Martin Luther King Jr. And Sclc Challenged The Racial Status Quo Through Nonviolent Mass Action, And The Sncc Focused On Community Empowerment Activities. In Agitations, Kevin Anderson Studies These Various Activities In Order To Trace The Ideological Foundations Of These Groups And To Understand How Diversity Among African Americans Created Multiple Political Strategies. Agitations Goes Beyond The Traditionally Acknowledged Divide Between Integrationist And Accommodationist Wings Of African American Politics To Explore The Diverse Fundamental Ideologies And Strategic Outcomes Among African American Activists That Still Define, Influence, And Complicate Political Life Today. --publisher Description. Agitations : African American Ideology In Action -- Counted But Not Heard : The Evolutionary Context Of African American Political Thought -- An Identity Crisis : The Ideological Foundation Of The Naacp -- Ministers In Black : The Ideological Origins Of Grassroots Civil Rights Protest -- Sitting Down To Stand Up : Ideology And The Creation Of Sncc -- Agitations : Freedom And The Future. Kevin R. Anderson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Explores the diverse approaches of civil rights activists. This title studies these various activities in order to trace the ideological foundations of these groups and to understand how diversity among African Americans created multiple political strategies. Kevin R. Anderson is assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University