civil rights

Contains source documents and illustrations that provide information about the African-American struggle for equality, covering life under segregation, early protests, the spread of the Civil Rights movement, tragedies and triumphs, new voices and ideas, and recollections. Includes critical-thinking questions.

Focuses on the ideas and institutions which influenced Martin Luther King, his ideology, his role in the civil rights movement, and his legacy.

An encyclopedia covering notable people and events in the African-American struggle for civil rights from the end of the Civil War to contemporary times.

Examines the 1954 Supreme Court decision of "Brown vs. Board of Education" that ended segregation in U.S. public schools, discusses events that led to the case being brought before the Court, and looks at how school districts responded to the ruling.

Discusses the people and events connected with the 1963 March on Washington, as well as the consequences of this well-known civil rights demonstration.

Personal accounts of King and his era.

The author tells the story of his participation in the voter registration movement in Mississippi in the 1960s, and explains how he used what he learned through his Civil Rights work to establish the Algebra Project, a program dedicated to resolving the crisis in math literacy in poor communities.

Readings and discussion questions present conflicting points of view on various aspects of equality in the U.S.

Traces the history of "Jim Crow" laws and the most important court decisions concerning them from 1896 to the present.