civil rights

Chronicles the civil rights efforts of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Tells the life story of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, describing her arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, the resulting Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, and her later years.

A biography of the civil rights activist who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which acted as a labor union for Pullman car porters.

Examines the life and work of the well-known civil rights leader who spoke for nonviolence, justice, and equality.

Documents the extent to which racial profiling is practiced in America, and provides information for people whose rights have been violated on how to resist, fight back, and protect themselves.

A fictionalized account of the 1918 torture and murder of an African-American man in a small Tennessee town that explores how the murder impacted racial relations in both the town and the nation.

Examines the social, political, and economic controversies surrounding Civil Rights in America including discrimination against African and Arab Americans, Hispanics, gays and lesbians and discusses issues such as racial profiling, affirmative action, and anti-terrorist measures.

Significant pictures of Civil rights movement in the South from 1958 to 1965 photographed by Charles Moore.

Presents selections from the "American in the King Years" trilogy of historical books, focusing on the civil rights movement and the speeches of Martin Luther King Jr., as well as the activities of a variety of King's contemporary activists.

Draws on the author's personal experiences from other countries and his observations and studies concerning America looking at the current state of race relations in this country and illuminates options for a race-neutral, discrimination free society to develop and flourish.