| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 425 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-397) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Responding to the "Negro" protest -- Among friends -- "So glad you finally made it" -- "The dinosaur finally opens one eye" -- Killing the messenger -- Fulfilling the spirit of the law -- "A pocket of renegades" -- Speak first, investigate never -- "Mickey Mouse agency" -- Here you come again -- "You can forget civil rights in this country". |
| Summary |
A powerful and inspiring story of the American civil rights movement?a story of change, vision and courage. Change has come to America and one of the ways it happened was through the work of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, formed against all odds in 1957 by President Eisenhower and the Congress. |
| Subject |
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States Commission on Civil Rights.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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| ISBN |
0307263207 |
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9780307263209 |
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