Free At Last: A History of the Civil Rights Movement and Those Who Died in the Struggle
A History of the Civil Rights Movement and Those Who Died in the Struggle
1st Edition
Published on 8. August 1994
113 pages
978-0-19-976227-9 (ISBN)
Description
Here is an illustrated history of the civil rights movement, written and designed for ages 10 to adult, that clearly and effectively brings the turbulent years of struggle to life, and gives a vivid and powerful experience of what it was like not so very long ago. Provides a brief overview of black history in the US, discussing the civil-rights movement chronologically through stories and photos.
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Content
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- PREFACE
- PART 1/EARLY STRUGGLES
- PART 2/A MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE
- PART 3/CONFRONTATIONS
- PART 4/FIGHTING FOR THE BALLOT
- PART 5/DAYS OF RAGE
- PROFILES
- Forty People Who Gave Their Lives
- Rev. George Lee
- Lamar Smith
- Emmett Louis Till
- John Earl Reese
- Willie Edwards Jr.
- Mack Charles Parker
- Herbert Lee & Louis Allen
- Cpl. Roman Ducksworth Jr.
- Paul Guihard
- William Lewis Moore
- Medgar Evers
- Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, & Cynthia Wesley
- Virgil Lamar Ware
- Rev. Bruce Klunder
- ??nr? Hezekiab Dee & Charles Eddie Moore
- James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, & Michael Schwerner
- Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn
- Jimmie Lee Jackson
- Rev. James Reeb
- Viola Gregg Liuzzo
- Oneal Moore
- Willie Wallace Brewster
- Jonathan Daniels
- Samuel Younge Jr.
- Vernon Dabmer
- Ben Chester White
- Clarence Triggs
- Wharlest Jackson
- Benjamin Brown
- Samuel Hammond Jr., Delano Middleton, & Henry Smith
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- CIVIL RIGHTS TIMELINE
- FURTHER READING
- INDEX
