{"product_id":"before-the-movement-the-hidden-history-of-black-civil-rights-9781324093107","title":"Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe familiar story of civil rights goes something like this: Once, the American legal system was dominated by racist officials who shut Black people out and refused to recognize their basic human dignity. Then, starting in the 1940s, a few brave lawyers ventured south, bent on changing the law--and soon, everyday African Americans joined with them to launch the Civil Rights Movement. In \u003cem\u003eBefore the Movement\u003c\/em\u003e, historian Dylan C. Penningroth overturns this story, demonstrating that Black people had long exercised \"the rights of everyday use,\" and that this lesser-known private-law tradition paved the way for the modern vision of civil rights. Well-versed in the law, Black people had used it to their advantage for nearly a century to shape how they worked, worshiped, learned, and loved. Based on long-forgotten sources found in the basements of county courthouses, \u003cem\u003eBefore the Movement\u003c\/em\u003e recovers a vision of Black life allied with, yet distinct from, \"the freedom struggle.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324093107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dylan C. Penningroth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43067664105653,"sku":"9781324093107","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c5ad8df1-3a5a-4243-ac8c-83b30d618f75.jpg?v=1690862572","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/before-the-movement-the-hidden-history-of-black-civil-rights-9781324093107","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}