Invisible Enemy: The African American Freedom Struggle after 1965 (America's Recent Past)

This highly accessible account of the evolution of American racism outlines how 'colorblind' approaches to discrimination ensured the perpetuation of racial inequality in the United States well beyond the 1960s. A highly accessible account of the evolution of American racism, its perpetuation, and black people's struggles for equality in the post-civil rights era Guides students to a better understanding of the experiences of black Americans and their ongoing struggles for justice, by highlighting the interconnectedness of African American history with that of the nation as a whole Highlights the economic and political functions that racism has served throughout the nation's history Discusses the continuation of the freedom movement beyond the 1960s to provide a comprehensive new historiography of racial equality and social justice This Account Of The Evolution Of American Racism Outlines How Colorblind Approaches To Discrimination Ensured The Perpetuation Of Racial Inequality In The United States Well Beyond The 1960s. It Is A Chronicle Of The Evolution Of American Racism, Its Perpetuation, And Black People's Struggles For Equality In The Post Civil Rights Era. It Provides Students With A Better Understanding Of The Experiences Of Black Americans And Their Ongoing Struggles For Justice By Highlighting The Interconnectedness Of African American History With That Of The Nation As A Whole. It Also Highlights The Economic And Political Functions That Racism Has Served Throughout The Nation's History, And Discusses The Continuation Of The Freedom Movement Beyond The 1960s To Provide A New Historiography Of Racial Equality And Social Justice. The Never Ending Story: American Racism From Slavery To The Civil Rights Movement -- From The Freedom Movement To Free Markets: Racializing The War On Poverty And Colorblinding Jim Crow -- A System Without Signs: The Invisible Racism Of The Post-civil Rights Era -- Fighting Jim Crow's Shadow: Struggles For Racial Equality After 1965 -- To See Or Not To See: Debates Over Affirmative Action -- Is This America? Electoral Politics After The Voting Rights Act -- Fir$t Cla Citizen$hip: Struggles For Economic Justice -- All Around The World: The Freedom Struggle In A Global Context. Greta De Jong. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. INVISIBLE ENEMY: The African American Freedom Struggle after 1965......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Introduction......Page 11 1: The Never Ending Story: American Racism from Slavery to the Civil Rights Movement......Page 17 2: From the Freedom Movement to Free Markets: Racializing the War on Poverty and Colorblinding Jim Crow......Page 40 3: A System without Signs: The Invisible Racism of the Post-Civil Rights Era......Page 63 4: Fighting Jim Crow’s Shadow: Struggles for Racial Equality after 1965......Page 86 5: To See or Not to See: Debates over Affirmative Action......Page 110 6: Is This America? Electoral Politics after the Voting Rights Act......Page 134 7: Fir$t Cla$$ Citizen$hip: Struggles for Economic Justice......Page 157 8: All Around the World: The Freedom Struggle in a Global Context......Page 179 Notes......Page 204 Index......Page 240