[AFRICAN AMERICANA] [CIVIL RIGHTS] RUSTIN, Bayard

Strategies For Freedom: The Changing Patterns of Black Protest

New York: Columbia University Press, 1976. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); dark brown cloth, with titles stamped in pale yellow on spine; dustjacket; [xii],[2],3-82pp, with eight inserted pages of photographic illustrations. A few faint spots of discoloration to cloth along upper and lower edges, and some ink underlining and marginalia scattered throughout the first chapter; Very Good. Dustjacket is price-clipped, lightly edgeworn, with some mild surface wear and a short tear at lower front panel; Very Good+.

Authoritative analysis of the successes and failures of the Civil Rights movement by Rustin (1912-1987), a leading strategist of the movement, avowed pacifist, and member of the War Resisters League. He begins at the early years of the movement, with the formation of the NAACP, the first March on Washington (1941), and the foundation of CORE, though a substantial portion of the volume is dedicated to the 1963 March on Washington, and his assessment that successful protests are "the product of sound political philosophy and intelligent, responsible strategy." A key analysis on social protest, widely held institutionally, though unaccountably scarce in commerce.

Price: $250.00

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