Contains twelve speeches delivered by Vernon Jordan over the course of his career as president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League, Inc., director of the Voter Education Project of the Southern Regional Council, an attorney in private practice, and in many other roles, from 1971 to 2008.
Profiles prominent men and women of the civil rights movement, including Charles Houston, Ella Baker, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Young, Julian Bond, and Jesse Jackson.
Examines the life and achievements of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century author, scholar, and political activist, W.E.B. Du Bois, whose work led to the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Discusses the significance and influence of key documents and speeches in the struggle for civil rights in the United States, from Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 through the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965. Includes quotations, bibliographies, and other reference materials.
the remarkable journey of the civil rights generation
Lewis, Andrew B.
2009
Examines the lives of the African-Americans activists who worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s--Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Bob Moses, John Lewis, Marion Barry, Bob Zellner, and Diane Nash--and discusses the impact their actions had on the civil rights movement, politics, and twentieth-century society.
Contains alphabetically arranged articles that examine the lives and achievements of 160 African-American social leaders and activists from throughout history, and includes photographs.
