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Key events of the Civil Rights Movement will be brought to life in this new series.
The years spanning from 1955-1965 in US History were critical to the Civil Rights Movement. With stunning photographs throughout and rich back matter, this set will chronologically explain how this specific decade brought about change and how it still affects us as a society today. A sampling of the people and events include: 1955: Emmett Till, Rosa Parks, Montgomery...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Fifty years ago, a single bullet robbed us of one of the worlds most eloquent voices for human rights and justice. To the Promised Land goes beyond the iconic view of Martin Luther King Jr. as an advocate of racial harmony, to explore his profound commitment to the poor and working class and his call for “nonviolent resistance” to all forms of oppressionincluding the economic injustice that “takes necessities from the masses to give luxuries...
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
vii, 72 p. : ill. (some col.), music ; 25 cm. + 1 CD (4 3/4 in.)
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Traces the history of the inspiring anthem, exploring the influence of traditional African music and Christian hymns in shaping its lyrics and tune and offering insight into the song's role in civil rights, labor, and anti-war movements in America.
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Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c2011
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310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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"The names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be well known, but the image of them from September 1957 surely is: a black high school girl, dressed in white, walking stoically in front of Little Rock Central High School, and a white girl standing directly behind her, face twisted in hate, screaming racial epithets. This famous photograph captures the full anguish of desegregation -- in Little Rock and throughout the South -- and an...
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