civil rights

Demonstrates similarities in present-day and post-Civil War racial crises through quotations from Lincoln's works illustrated by modern photographs and nineteenth-century prints and lithographs.

Rosa Parks, the African-American woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in 1955, tells why she decided it was time to take a stand against segregation, and discusses the impact of her actions on the Civil Rights movement.

A visual tribute to the civil rights movement and the battle for racial equality captures the leaders and events of the era, with portraits of Sidney Poitier, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Jr., and many other activists who took part in the struggle.

A biography of the Alabama African-American woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establis.

Provides the full text to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, with an overview of King's life, inspirations, and accomplishments.

Profiles the life of the African-American leader who stood in the forefront of the major civil and human rights movements of our time, served as the ambassador to the United Nations in the Carter administration, and who now serves as the mayor of Atlanta.

A complete biography of the civil rights leader, his private and public life, and the times in which he lived.

Traces the history of the civil rights movement through interviews with key figures and highlights of pivotal events and moments that have shaped the fight for equality.

A collection of articles in which sociologists, political scientists, economists, criminologists, and legal scholars explore the logic and evidence behind the widely held belief in a color-blind society.