Living through the Civil Rights Movement /
by George, Charles.
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BookSeries: Living through the Cold War. Publisher: Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, Thomson/Gale, c2007Description: 117 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0737729198.Subject(s): African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources | Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources | Civil rights workers -- History -- Sources | Politicians -- United States -- History -- Sources | Racism -- United States -- History -- Sources | United States -- Race relations -- History -- Sources | Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- SourcesOnline resources: Table of contents only
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Summary: Provides eleven articles that explore the Civil Rights Movement, discussing prominent government officials who spoke out, key statements and speeches made by leaders, and the actions of ordinary people.
Responding to the school integration crisis in Little Rock / Dwight D. Eisenhower -- The nation faces a moral crisis in regard to race / John F. Kennedy -- The Civil Rights Movement threatens individual and states' rights / George C. Wallace -- Blacks must have the right to vote / Lyndon B. Johnson -- "I have a dream" / Martin Luther King Jr. -- Revolution cannot be peaceful / Malcolm X -- Blacks must develop their own community / Stokely Carmichael -- Blacks will lead the way to rights beyond civil liberties / A. Philip Randolph -- Confronting racism at Little Rock's Central High School / Daisy Bates -- Black students take a stand : sit-ins and freedom rides / Diane Nash -- Bloody Sunday : the protest march that shocked the nation / John F. Lewis.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-113) and index.
Responding to the school integration crisis in Little Rock / Dwight D. Eisenhower -- The nation faces a moral crisis in regard to race / John F. Kennedy -- The Civil Rights Movement threatens individual and states' rights / George C. Wallace -- Blacks must have the right to vote / Lyndon B. Johnson -- "I have a dream" / Martin Luther King Jr. -- Revolution cannot be peaceful / Malcolm X -- Blacks must develop their own community / Stokely Carmichael -- Blacks will lead the way to rights beyond civil liberties / A. Philip Randolph -- Confronting racism at Little Rock's Central High School / Daisy Bates -- Black students take a stand : sit-ins and freedom rides / Diane Nash -- Bloody Sunday : the protest march that shocked the nation / John F. Lewis.
School Library Journal, June 2007
Provides eleven articles that explore the Civil Rights Movement, discussing prominent government officials who spoke out, key statements and speeches made by leaders, and the actions of ordinary people.
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