The civil rights movement : an eyewitness history / Sanford Wexler ; introduction by Julian Bond
- Bib ID:
- 2888039
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Wexler, Sanford
- Description:
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- New York, NY : Facts on File, c1993
- xi, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
- ISBN:
- 081602748X (acid-free paper)
- Summary:
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Uses speeches, articles, and other writings of those involved to trace the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, primarily from 1954 to 1965.
- Full contents:
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- 1. The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement: 1865-1948
- 2. School Desegregation and the Brown v. Board of Education Decision: 1949-1954
- 3. The Emmett Till Case: 1955
- 4. The Montgomery Bus Boycott: 1955-1957
- 5. The Crisis at Central High: 1957-1959
- 6. The Sit-ins and Freedom Rides: 1960-1961
- 7. The Albany Movement and James Meredith at Ole Miss: 1961-1962
- 8. Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Spring 1963
- 9. The March on Washington: 1963
- 10. Freedom Summer: 1964
- 11. Selma and the Votings Rights Act: 1965
- 12. The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
- Appendix A: Documents
- Appendix B: Biographies of Major Personalities
- Appendix C: Acronyms
- Appendix D: Maps.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-348) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1993
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