Williamsburg Regional Library

African American civil rights movement

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-62) and index

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African American civil rights movement

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World Book's documenting history

"A history of the African American civil rights movement, based on primary source documents and other historical artifacts. Features include period art works and photographs; excerpts from literary works, letters, speeches, broadcasts, and diaries; summary boxes; a timeline; maps; and a list of additional resources"--Provided by publisher

What are civil rights? -- Slavery -- Civil war and emancipation -- Reconstruction -- Trouble in the south -- The era of Jim Crow -- Two African American leaders -- Conflict and action -- The campaign against lynching -- The great migration -- Black labor and the New Deal -- World War II and its aftermath -- The struggle for quality education -- The Montgomery bus boycott -- A new leader emerges -- The tactics of nonviolence -- Birmingham, 1963 -- The victims -- The march on Washington -- The Johnson presidency -- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- The Voting Rights Act -- New voices -- Black ghettos and urban riots -- The death of King -- Affirmative action -- New black leaders -- President Barack Obama -- Timeline -- Sources

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