Title Freedom facts and firsts : 400 years of the African American civil rights experience / Jessie Carney Smith and Linda T. Wynn.

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Canton, MI : Visible Ink Press, 2009.

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Description	1 online resource (xvii, 390 pages) : illustrations
Contents	Arts and Entertainment. Movements -- Artists -- Entertainers -- Filmmakers -- Films -- Music -- Music Entrepreneur -- Singers -- Literature -- Writers -- Civil Rights. Cities and Towns -- Freedom Celebrations -- Protests -- Race Consciousness -- Speeches -- Education. Colleges and Universities -- Integration of Colleges and Universities -- Curriculum -- Educators -- School Desegregation -- Protest Training School -- Journalism. Journalists -- Magazines -- News Services -- Newspapers -- Law and Government. Attorneys -- Civil Rights Commission -- Civil Rights Laws and Cases -- Executive Order Federal Commission -- Federal Officials and Intervention -- The Military -- Prisons -- Resolutions -- Organizations. Groups -- Leaders -- Political Activists. Abolitionists -- Civil Rights Activists -- Lynching Victim -- Protest Letter -- Religion. Churches -- Leaders -- Religious Education -- Sports. Automobile Racing -- Baseball -- Basketball -- Bowling -- Boxing -- Cycling -- Football -- Golf -- Horse Racing -- Olympics -- Tennis -- Sports Writers.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-368) and index.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Summary	Spanning nearly 400 years from the early abolitionists to the present, this guide book profiles more than 400 people, places, and events that have shaped the history of the black struggle for freedom. Coverage includes information on such mainstay figures as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks, but also delves into how lesser known figures contributed to and shaped the history of civil rights.
Note	GMD: electronic resource.
Subject	African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
	Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
	African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
	African Americans -- Biography.
	United States -- Race relations -- History.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic reference sources.
Subject	African American civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00799093
	African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
	African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
	Civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00862721
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Wynn, Linda T.
Other Form:	Print version: Smith, Jessie Carney. Freedom facts and firsts. Canton, MI : Visible Ink Press, 2009 (DLC) 2008041503
ISBN	9781578592432 ebook
	1578592437 ebook
	9781578592319 electronic bk.
	1578592313 electronic bk.
	1578591929 paperback
	9781578591923 paperback
	9781780346120 online
	1780346123 online

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