civil rights

Discusses the historical, legal and social aspects of the famous case of Brown v. Board of Education.

Presents a collection of twenty-five essays that address the controversial issues of student's rights, and discusses school policies in regard to free expression of speech and when that expression becomes inappropriate.

Presents information about the U.S. Constitution and courts, and features studies of a selection of cases brought before the Supreme Court that explore some of the problems facing young Americans, including freedom of expression, freedom of the student press, the right to privacy, due process, and others.

An illustrated history of the Civil Rights movement, including a timeline and profiles of forty people who gave their lives in the movement.

Examines the trials of the men accused of murdering three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964, including the Supreme Court decision to try the defendants in a federal rather than a state court and the final verdicts which marked the first time, in Mississippi, that a jury convicted white men for killing African Americans or civil rights workers.

Examines the issue of student rights in the public school setting, providing an overview of student rights history, featuring a chronology of selected major legislation and Supreme Court cases, and discussing freedom of speech, school searches, property rights, equal education, religion, and other topics.

Explores how changing ideas of racial identity will affect race relations in the United States in the twenty-first century.

Presents the life of the noted civil rights worker, accompanied by extensive quotations from his speeches and writings.

Surveys African-American history thematically, exploring the family and church, sex and racism, politics, education, criminal justice and nationalism.

Text and photographs focus on the events surrounding James Meredith's efforts to be allowed to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962.