civil rights workers

Presents volume seven of an eight-volume series on political assassinations, and chronicles the life of civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr., the events that led to his murder in 1968 by James Earl Ray, the conspiracy theories that followed, and the legacy he left behind. murdered him, and his association with Louis Farrakhan.

An illustrated biography of nineteenth-century activist Ida B. Wells, focusing on her crusade against the practice of lynching, and discussing her role in the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the campaign for women's voting rights.

Biography of Martin Luther King's widow, from her childhood in rural Alabama to her crusade to keep her husband's message of peace and equality alive after his murder in 1968.

Describes the life and career of the South African civil rights worker and his impact on race relations in his country.

Presents the life of the noted civil rights worker, accompanied by extensive quotations from his speeches and writings.

A collection of interviews covering the period 1961-1987 with American author James Baldwin.

Presents African-American historian and sociologist W. E. B. DuBois's autobiography, which he wrote at the age of ninety in 1958-59.

A biography of the American author noted for his books on racial conflict in the United States.

A biography of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., providing information on his childhood, his family life, and his accomplishments working for equal rights.

A short biography of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, chronicling her childhood and early work with the NAACP, as well as the events surrounding the famous Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott which began because of Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.