Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-159) and index.
Summary
Southern blacks who were young and involved in the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s describe their experiences.
Contents
1. The color bar : experiences of segregation -- 2. The Montgomery bus boycott and the beginning of the movement -- 3. Different classrooms : segregation and integration in the schools -- 4. Sit-ins, freedom rides, and other protests -- 5. The children's crusade -- 6. The closed society : Mississippi and freedom summer -- 7. Bloody Sunday and the Selma movement.
