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Civil rights movement / by Michael Capek ; content consultant, Steven F. Lawson, Professor Emeritus of History, Rutgers University.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Capek, Michael, Author.
- Series:
- Essential library of social change.
- Essential library of social change Civil rights movement
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (some color), map.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Publishing Company, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title traces the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, including the key players, watershed moments, and legislative battles that have driven social change.
- Contents:
- 1. The Montgomery bus boycott
- 2. Reconstruction and oppression
- 3. Segregation and education
- 4. New tactics, same response
- 5. Free at last?
- 6. The key to the door of freedom
- 7. Days of rage : burn, baby, burn!
- 8. Civil rights beyond the 1960s.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781624013560
- 1624013562
- 9781624011559
- 1624011551
- OCLC:
- 866850302
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