From Supreme Court excerpts to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech to photograhs, the original documents and activities in this book will capture students' interests in the events and people of the Civil Rights movement.
John G. Sproat, "Perspectives on Desegregation in South Carolina," in Robert H. Abzug and Stephen E. Maizlish, eds., New Perspectives on Race and Slavery in America (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1986), pp, 164-84, ...
Offers a brief history of the African American struggle for freedom, equality, and civil rights.
Describes conditions before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, how it helps protect people, and the ways it continues to be enforced.
A day-by-day survey of the people, places, and events that impacted the civil rights movement and shaped the future of the United States. Flip to any date and you'll find fascinating, informative facts and anecdotes.
"--Richard Delgado, Jean Lindsley Professor of Law, University of Colorado "This book is a tour de force. Dudziak's brilliant analysis shows that the Cold War had a profound impact on the civil rights movement.
Health Rights Are Civil Rights tells the story of the important place of health in struggles for social change in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s.
This collection of original works refocuses attention on this bottom-up history and compels a rethinking of what and who we think is central to the movement.
The work expands our understanding of the movement by engaging issues of local and national politics, gender and race relations, family, community, and sexuality.
Books in this series: The African-American Slave Trade * The Civil Rights Movement * The Great Depression The Civil Rights Movement Segregation and racial discrimination were facts of life for most blacks in America until the birth of civil ...
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