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The struggle for the people's King : how politics transforms the memory of the civil rights movement / Hajar Yazdiha.

Author/creator Yazdiha, Hajar author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]
Copyright Notice 2023
Descriptionxvi, 265 pages : illustrations (black and white), map ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Making collective memory: the contentious politics of commemorating King -- Mobilizing collective memory: the gnarled branches of Civil Rights memory in contentious politics -- "Dr. King would be outraged!" LGBTQ and family values activists' contests over the moral boundaries of memory -- "This is the beginning of us taking back America": immigrant rights activists' and nativists' contests over the national boundaries of memory -- "Muslims are the new Blacks": Muslim activists, the Islamophobia movement, and the racial boundaries of memory -- #MeToo, Black feminism, the Queenmakers: restoring the intersectional legacies of the Civil Rights Movement -- Conclusion -- Methodological appendix.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 217-248) and index.
Issued in other formebook version : 9780691246086
Genre/formHistory.
ISBN9780691246475
ISBN0691246475 (paperback)
ISBN9780691246079 (hardback)
ISBN0691246076 (hardback)
ISBN(ebook)

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