civil rights

A history of the Civil Rights Movement in America this is also a study of the problems that continue to plague the African American population at the close of the twentieth century.

Examines the life of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader who helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.

In 1976 the body of Anna Mae Aquash, an American Indian activist, was found in the Badlands of South Dakota. She had died of exposure--or so the autopsy results said. Friends and family had her body exhumed and found a .32-caliber bullet in her skull.

Author's illustrated chronicle of the Civil rights movement in the South during the summer of 1962 when he was on the staff of the Atlanta-based Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Presents a detailed examination of how 101 Tuskegee Airmen, by refusing to live in segregated quarters, triggered one of the most significant judicial proceedings in U.S. military history.

Personal recollections capture the courage and faith that propelled the Civil Rights Movement.

Essays and articles review different perspectives on Native American civil rights, discusses restrictions on sovereignty, the use of tribal resources, and evaluates the threats posed to Native American culture.

Contains nineteen essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to free speech, including upholding non-disruptive free speech in schools, denying free speech in school publications, banning Internet pornography, and suppressing student speech that advocates using drugs, and provides contact information for organizations and a bibliography.