civil rights workers

The author recounts the life of Martin Luther King in the form of her own dream.

A biography of the civil rights activist who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which acted as a labor union for Pullman car porters, and crusaded for equal rights for African-Americans in the armed forces, military industries, and in labor unions.

A biography of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., who worked for equal rights for African-Americans.

Looks at the life and career of civil rights activist Rosa Parks.

Explains how to use critical theory to analyze the speeches of Martin Luther King Jr.

A detailed history of the attempt in 1964 to register African-Americans in Mississippi and the over seven hundred college students from both southern and northern schools who descended upon the state to help in the cause for freedom and civil rights.

Profiles the civil rights leader who was active in the Freedom Rides and other major events in the battle against segregation and later became a long-term congressman from Georgia.

Examines the life of W.E.B. Du Bois, discussing his fight for racial equality, literary works, and influence on the African-American community.

Contains more than 240 alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on figures, events, influences, and other topics in the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Shares over four hundred stories of key people and events in the centuries-long history of the struggle by African-Americans for civil rights.