Chronicles the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education and examines questions regarding the case's influence on civil rights and desegregation in the years since it was fought.
A Jewish high school girl becomes increasingly involved inhuman rights for African Americans in the early 1960s at the cost of some other important relationships in her life.
Discusses the events of a 25-year period during which blacks emerged as a force in their attempts to gain political and cultural recognition and increased civil rights.
Essays provide opinions on minority and discrimination issues, including the extent of discrimination, current state of race relations, evaluation of public policies, and the affect of changing racial demographics on America.
Profiles various African American men and women who had a major influence on the fight for racial equality in the United States, and looks at organizations and events that impacted the political environment pertaining to civil rights.
Draws on FBI and U.S. marshal files, army and university records, and personal papers to reveal the University of Mississippi's history of aggressive resistance to desegregation and argues that the riot that followed James Meredith's admittance to the university as its first African-American student was just another inevitable clash of the civil rights movement.
