The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom StruggleClayborne Carson The most comprehensive anthology of primary sources available, spanning the entire history of the American civil rights movement. A record of one of the greatest and most turbulent movements of this century, The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader is essential for anyone interested in learning how far the American civil rights movements has come and how far it has to go. Included are the Supreme Court's Brown vs Board of Education decision in its entirety; speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., and his famous "Letter from Birmingham City Jail"; an interview with Rosa Parks; selections from Malcolm X Speaks; Black Panther Bobby Seale's Seize the Time; Ralph Abernathy's controversial And the Walls Came Tumbling Down; a piece by Herman Badillo on the infamous Attica prison uprising; addresses by Harold Washington, Jesse Jackson, Nelson Mandel, and much more. “An important volume for students and professionals who wish to grasp the basic nature of the civil rights movement and how it changed America in fundamental ways.” —Aldon Morris, Northwestern University |
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... knew it . And they rediscovered it at excruciatingly deep levels when the word came from East St. Louis , Illinois , less than three months after the declaration of the war for democracy , less than a week before the Fourth of July ...
... knew it . And they rediscovered it at excruciatingly deep levels when the word came from East St. Louis , Illinois , less than three months after the declaration of the war for democracy , less than a week before the Fourth of July ...
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... knew we were going to fall flat on our faces , and just , this is going to be the ultimate in embarrassment . We waited around , we were supposed to start I think about twelve o'clock ; we waited around and waited around and waited ...
... knew we were going to fall flat on our faces , and just , this is going to be the ultimate in embarrassment . We waited around , we were supposed to start I think about twelve o'clock ; we waited around and waited around and waited ...
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... knew how to handle the situation . " Martin , " I told him , " if you come in here with these marches and what not ... knew I had my own way to make it hard for whites to live with their own prejudices . I knew that Dr. King and I wanted ...
... knew how to handle the situation . " Martin , " I told him , " if you come in here with these marches and what not ... knew I had my own way to make it hard for whites to live with their own prejudices . I knew that Dr. King and I wanted ...
Contents
PROLOGUE | 1 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody | 41 |
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