Freedom Rights: New Perspectives on the Civil R. McGuire, Dittmer**

The University Press of Kentucky

Freedom RightsNew Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement\nAuthor(s): Danielle L. McGuire, John Dittmer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University Press of Kentucky, United States\nImprint: The University Press of Kentucky\nISBN-13: 9780813134482, 978-0813134482\nSynopsis\nIn his seminal article \""Freedom Then, Freedom Now,\"" renowned civil rights historian Steven F. Lawson described his vision for the future study of the civil rights movement. Lawson called for a deeper examination of the social, economic, and political factors that influenced the movement's development and growth. He urged his fellow scholars to connect the \""local with the national, the political with the social,\"" and to investigate the ideological origins of the civil rights movement, its internal dynamics, the role of women, and the significance of gender and sexuality.\n\nIn Freedom Rights: New Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement, editors Danielle L. McGuire and John Dittmer follow Lawson's example,.