The Civil Rights Movement |
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| Author:
| Anderson, Michael |
| Series title: | 20th Century Perspectives Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4034-3805-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2004 |
| Publisher: | Capstone
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| Imprint: | Heinemann |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Contents include: What is the Civil Rights Movement? -- A Movement many years in the making -- Early steps -- Dashed hopes -- The first victories -- Resistance to the Brown ruling -- Bus boycott in Montgomery -- Martin Luther King Jr. and nonviolent protest -- Central High School in Little Rock -- Sit-ins and SNCC -- Freedom rides -- Birmingham -- Political responses to the Movement -- March on Washington and the Civil Rights Act -- Struggle in Mississippi -- Selma and the Voting...
More DescriptionContents include: What is the Civil Rights Movement? -- A Movement many years in the making -- Early steps -- Dashed hopes -- The first victories -- Resistance to the Brown ruling -- Bus boycott in Montgomery -- Martin Luther King Jr. and nonviolent protest -- Central High School in Little Rock -- Sit-ins and SNCC -- Freedom rides -- Birmingham -- Political responses to the Movement -- March on Washington and the Civil Rights Act -- Struggle in Mississippi -- Selma and the Voting Rights Act -- Civil rights and the arts -- A new direction -- Other civil rights struggles -- The Movement continues -- Timeline.