1964, A Year in African American Performance History

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African American History
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civil rights activism
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781032670621
  • Weight: 490g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 26 Dec 2025
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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This book examines the Civil Rights Movement from the perspective of a single year, 1964.

The book analyses specific events that occurred in 1964 as benchmarks of the Civil Right Movement, making the case that 1964 was a watershed year. Each chapter considers individually politics, rhetoric, sports, dramatic literature, film, art, and music, breaking down the events and illustrating their importance to the social and political life in the United States in 1964. This study emphasizes 1964 as a nodal point in the history of the Civil Rights Movement, arguing that it was within this single year that the tide against racism and injustice turned markedly.

This book will be of great interest to the scholars and students of civil rights, theatre and performance, art history, and drama literature.

David Krasner has taught acting, directing, and theatre history for nearly 50 years. He is currently Chair of Theatre at Five Towns College in Long Island, New York, where he oversees the BFA Program in Musical Theatre, Acting, and Design/Tech.

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