| Description |
96 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 93) and index. |
| Contents |
End of an era -- Earliest fighters for freedom -- Slave resistance in North America -- Freedom for the colonies -- African American church -- Abolitionist movement -- Underground Railroad -- War between the States -- Reconstruction -- Jim Crow -- Fight or leave -- Blacks and the press -- War and peace -- Depression and the New Deal - World War II -- "With all deliberate speed" -- Nonviolent protest -- Sitting and riding -- Marching for freedom -- Black Power -- On from Selma -- Blacks in office -- Struggle goes on -- Important dates in the fight for African American rights -- For further reading. |
| Summary |
Presents the history of the civil rights movement through pictures, newspaper clippings, and text, from colonial times to 1991, framed within the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Uses drawings and photographs to trace the history of the Civil Rights movement from the American Revolution to the present. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.2 2.0 29251. |
| Subject |
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Juvenile literature.
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Juvenile literature.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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African Americans -- History.
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United States -- Race relations.
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| ISBN |
0590436619: $5.95 |
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