civil rights

Traces the history of the civil rights movement during the last fifty years.

Presents a biography of Martin Luther King, the Baptist minister and civil rights leader who helped African-Americans win many battles for equal rights in the United States, and includes information on how he fought injustice and preached methods of nonviolence.

Explains the events, the forces, and the pressures behind the quest for civil rights.

Presents a photographic documentary on Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Text and photographs identify discrimination and discuss how Chinese Americans have struggled for their civil rights.

Discusses the history of the landmark Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines, in which, the Supreme Court ruled that students have the right to protest in school.

A detailed account of the sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which ignited the civil rights movement in the United States.

A collection of correspondences between baseball legend Jackie Robinson and prominent figures, such as John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X, discussing issues about racism and civil rights during the 1950s and 1960s.