civil rights movements

Photographs and text trace the progression of the civil rights movement and its effect on history through biographical sketches of four prominent and influential African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X.

Follows the life of one of the first black organizers of voter registration in Mississippi.

A photographic history of the civil rights movement in the United States from 1954 through 1968, with narratives of crucial events in the movement complemented by pictures of the subject. Includes a chronology and suggestions for additional reading.

Over the course of the summer of 1963, fourteen-year-old Esther Young discovers the passion within her when eighteen-year-old King-Roy Johnson, accused of murdering a white man in Alabama, comes to live with her family.

Presents a study of the civil rights movement in the United States.

A biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., from his birth in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929, to his assassination in Memphis in 1968, focusing on his activities as a leader of the non-violent movement to secure equal rights for African-Americans.

Examines important accomplishments and events in the history of African-Americans, focusing on the Civil Rights Movement; and includes short biographies of notable men and women, as well as a glossary, a list of related Internet sites, and an index.

Relates the history of race relations in the United States, focusing on the civil rights movement that began in 1954 with the Supreme Court ruling against segregation in public schools.

Describes the peaceful marches in the United States on behalf of civil rights for blacks from the 1950s to the 1990s, including the March on Washington and other important marches.

Traces the history of the civil rights movement from the post-Civil War years through the twentieth century, highlighting some of the significant people and events in the struggle to win equality for African-Americans.