Presents the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, from Reconstruction to the late 1960s, through excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, speeches, songs, and poems of the time.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-131) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Citizen's rights -- Roots of a movement -- Early activists take a stand -- Breaking barriers: Road to change -- Modern movement begins -- Power of peaceful protest -- In the face of violence -- We shall overcome -- Epilogue: Legacy of a movement -- Time line -- Glossary -- To find out more -- Index.