1877-1964

Eyewitness accounts of three decades of civil rights history.

Describes the journey of African Americans from their homes in the South to industrial cities in the North around the time of World War I, and includes paintings that depict the migration.

Presents the story of the migration of African Americans from the South during the first half of the twentieth century.

Covers African-American advancements during the period of the federal government's management of the defeated Southern states.

Examines African-American life at the close of World War II, describes the struggle for freedom and justice during the 1940s and 1950s, and discusses the explosive years of the 1960s.

Chronicles the lives of African-Americans from the turn of the twentieth century to the Great Depression.

Chronicles the lives of African-Americans during the late 1800s.

Examines the plight of African-Americans during the economic depression of the 1930s and over the course of World War II, and discusses how the response of the people to unfair policies and unequal practices is linked to the beginnings of the modern civil rights movement.

Describes the struggles following the Civil War to decide how to deal with the newly freed slaves, through the years of Reconstruction, Jim Crow, sharecropping, and segregation.