Title: The civil rights movement
First published: 1998
Description: Six essays capture the drama and conflict of the struggle, covering, among other topics, the origins of the movement, the fight for legal equality, the role of women, and the lasting effects of the protests of the 1950s and 1960s. Ready-reference features include biographical profiles of 20 activists, from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X to Ella Jo Baker and Bayard Rustin, a chronology, bibliography, and photographs.

This work also contains 15 primary documents, including presidential addresses and speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X, and George Wallace.
Subjects: Race relations, Civil rights, Sources, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, African Americans, Biography, History, Civil rights movements, united states, African americans, civil rights, United states, race relations
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: E185.61 .L519 1998