Civil Rights and Black International Politics

Question: When considering the history of the civil rights movement, discuss the pros and cons of the "Long Civil Rights" thesis.
Historiographical:

1970s: Focus on key leaders

1980s: Turn to local communities and conditions (“revisionist literature” Clayborne’s words)

1990s-2000s: global/transnational turned

2000s: Transnational and “long civil rights movement)