Displaying 1 of 1 1993 Format: Book Author: Wexler, Sanford. Title: The civil rights movement : an eyewitness history / Sanford Wexler ; introduction by Julian Bond. Publisher, Date: New York, NY : Facts on File, ©1993. Description: xi, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. Summary: Uses speeches, articles, and other writings of those involved to trace the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, primarily from 1954 to 1965. Series: The eyewitness history series Eyewitness history series. Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights. Civil rights movements -- United States. United States -- Race relations. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-348) and index. Contents: Origins of the civil rights movement : 1865-1948 -- School desegregation and the Brown v. Board of Education decision : 1949-1954 -- Emmett Till case : 1955 -- Montgomery bus boycott : 1955-1957 -- Crisis at Central High : 1957-1959 -- Sit-ins and freedom rides : 1960-1961 -- Albany movement and James Meredith at Ole Miss : 1961-1962 -- Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama : Spring 1963 -- March on Washington : 1963 -- Freedom summer : 1964 -- Selma and the Votings Rights Act : 1965 -- Legacy of the civil rights movement. LCCN: 92028674 ISBN: 081602748X 9780816027484 Other Number: 26589306 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 41833 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 323.1196 Wexler Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
