history

Contains eleven essays in which the authors examine the history, causes, and economic and cultural impact of the fourteenth-century plague known as the Black Death.

Explores how Russia's volatile past has affected the everyday lives of its citizens.

Provides portraits and cameos of over sixty women who were influential in the Civil Rights Movement, and argues that the political activity of women has been the driving force in major reform movements throughout history.

Contains newspaper articles, editorials, poems, songs, interviews, essays, and memoirs that shed light on the relationship between memory and history through an examination of the case of Emmett Till, an African-American teen who was murdered in Money, Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly offending a white woman.

A collection of black-and-white photographs of events related to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s taken throughout the South by Charles Moore for "Life" and other news magazines.

Chronicles race relations in the United States from 1900 to the end of the 1920, focusing on lynchings, race riots, segregation laws, anti-Catholicism and anti-Semitism.

Highlights key events in the history of race relations in the United States in the years between 1980 and 2000, and includes an introductory overview of the two decades, a time line, and a resource guide.

Presents the key events, legislation, media influences, major people and movements that represented racial changes in America between the 1960s and the 1980s.

An account of the origins, development, and personalities of the Civil Rights movement from 1953-1963.