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Author Wexler, Sanford.

Title The civil rights movement : an eyewitness history / Sanford Wexler.

Publication Info. New York : Facts on File, [1993]
©1993

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 Avon Free Public Library - Reference Material  R 323.4 WEXLER    In-Library Use Only
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  323.1 W542    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  REF 323.1 WEX    In-Library Use Only
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  323.1 WEXLER    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  323.1 WEX    DUE 03-16-17 Billed
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  323.1196 WEX    Check Shelf
Description xi, 356 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm.
Series The Eyewitness history series
Eyewitness history series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Origins of the civil rights movement : 1865-1948 -- School desegregation and the Brown v. Board of Education decision : 1949-1954 -- Emmett Till case : 1955 -- Montgomery bus boycott : 1955-1957 -- Crisis at Central High : 1957-1959 -- Sit-ins and freedom rides : 1960-1961 -- Albany movement and James Meredith at Ole Miss : 1961-1962 -- Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama : Spring 1963 -- March on Washington : 1964 -- Freedom summer : 1964 -- Selma and the Votings Rights Act :
1965 -- Legacy
Summary Uses speeches, articles, and other writings of those involved to trace the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, primarily from 1954 to 1965.
Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- History -- Sources.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Race relations -- History -- Sources.
United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 081602748X alkaline paper
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