civil rights

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The turning tide

from the desegregation of the armed forces to the Montgomery bus boycott, 1948-1956
1995

Speak now against the day

the generation before the civil rights movement in the South
1994
Documents the little-known story of those Southerners who fought against segregation during the decades before the civil rights movement flourished.

Murder on the highway

the Viola Liuzzo story
1993
Presents the life of the civil rights worker who was murdered shortly after the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and discusses the rights of Afro-Americans living in the South prior to and following her death.

Standing fast

the autobiography of Roy Wilkins
1982

A picture book of Martin Luther King, Jr

1998
A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped African-Americans win many battles for equal rights.

Ella Baker

freedom bound
1998
A biography of Ella J. Baker, one of the founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, discussing her work and her accomplishments in trying to secure the rights of African-Americans.

I have a dream

the story behind Martin Luther King Jr.'s most famous speech
2004
Explains the meaning and historical context of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, also providing biographical information about Dr. King and discussing the Civil Rights Movement.

The struggle for black equality, 1954-1992

1993
A narrative interpretation of the civil rights movement ranging from 1954-1992.

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