Describes the struggle for civil rights in the United States including the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.

One of the greatest leaders in American history, Martin Luther King Jr., organized a march from Selma, Alabama, to that state’s capital, Montgomery, in 1965. He and other ...

Undaunted by the Fight is a study of small but dedicated, group of Spelman College students and faculty who, between 1957 and 1967 risked their lives, compromised their grades ...

This expansive volume introduces students to civil rights organizer James Forman and the SNCC organization. It offers biographical details of Forman's life from birth to death ...

In 1960, Mississippi society still drew a sharp line between its African American and white communities. In the 1890s, the state had created a repressive racial system that ...

Celebrate the heroic individuals, dramatic turning points, and exultant moments of triumph that defined the struggle for Civil Rights in America and independence throughout the ...

Personal impressions of conditions and events in the summer of 1964 told in selections from letters home by workers in the Civil Rights movement in that area.

Annotation Most peoples' experience with the rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement today is limited to a speech or two by Martin Luther King Jr. and not much else. Towns ...