Library Record
Metadata
Collection |
Sylvia Gaither Garrison Library Reference Collection |
Title |
An eyewitness history of the civil rights movement / |
Alternate Titles |
Civil rights movement;Sanford Wexler ; introduction by Julian Bond. |
Author |
Wexler, Sanford. |
Call# |
E185.61 .W548 1999 |
Published Place |
New York : |
Publisher |
Checkmark Books, |
Edition |
1st pbk. ed. |
Search Terms |
African Americans Civil rights History Sources Civil rights movements United States Race relations |
Subjects |
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Sources. Civil rights movements--United States--History--Sources. United States--Race relations--History--Sources. African Americans--Civil rights. Civil rights movements--United States--History. United States--Race relations. |
Format |
Book |
ISBN |
0816041024 (acid-fre |
Control# |
ocm41476711 |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-348) and index. Table of Contents: The origins of the civil rights movement : 1865-1948 -- School desegregation and the Brown v. Board of Education decision : 1949-1954 -- The Emmett Till case : 1955 -- The Montgomery bus boycott : 1955-1957 -- The crisis at Central High : 1957-1959 -- The sit-ins and freedom rides : 1960-1961 -- The Albany movement and James Meredith at Old Miss : 1961-1962 -- Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama : spring 1963 -- The March on Washington : 1963 -- Freedom summer : 1964 -- Selma and the Voting Rights Act : 1965 -- The legacy of the civil rights movement. |