civil rights

Argues that the Supreme Court has undermined the "Brown v. Board of Education" ruling, "resegregating" schools and contributing to racial strife; examines the history of the fight against Jim Crow education and includes interviews with students from the "Brown" case communities at the start of the twenty-first century.

Traces the history of the inspiring anthem and explains how it has come to represent the right for equality and freedom around the world.

In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King Jr. explains why blacks can no longer be victims of inequality. Also features King's "I Have a Dream" speech, which was delivered to 250,000 civil rights marchers in 1963.

African-American comedian and political activist Dick Gregory tells his life story up to 1963, describing his poor childhood in St. Louis, Missouri; his rise to fame as a comedian; and his participation in the fight for racial equality, including his arrests.

Presents quotations from African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., on such topics as the community of man, religion, and justice, as well as excerpts from his "I've Been to the Mountain Top" and "I Have a Dream" speeches.

Contains an interview and four speeches by Malcolm X given in Ghana, Britain, and the United States during the last months of his life.

Provides a historical overview of children's evolving legal rights and details contemporary cases of child abuse, adoption law, severing ties with biological parents, and more.

Traces the main events in the civil rights and antiwar movements and briefly discusses new areas of protest such as school busing and prison reform.

Tells the life story of activist Rosa Parks, describing her childhood in segregated Alabama and her work in the civil rights movement, including her historic refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus and her involvement in the Montgomery bus boycotts.

Discusses the political, economic, and global aspects of the disability rights movement.