Henry Carter Hull

Between 1880 and 1954, African Americans dedicated their energies, and sometimes their lives, to defeating segregation. During these times, characterized by some as "worse than slavery," African Americans fought the status quo, acquiring education and land and building businesses, churches, and communities, despite laws designed to segregate and disenfranchise them. White supremacy prevailed, but it did not destroy the spirit of the black community. Incorporating...

Presents a selection of archival photographs that document events surrounding the integration of U.S. schools following the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, and includes captions in which Toni Morrison imagines what the people in the pictures must have been thinking and feeling.

An illustrated history of the civil rights movement, including a timeline and profiles of forty people who gave their lives in the movement.

Political commentator Carl Rowan discusses why he believes racial tensions in America are approaching the breaking point, lambasting people in the media, government, and academic circles who fan the flames of racism, and calling for people of all races to work for peace.

Contains over seven hundred alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about people, places, events, organizations, and movements related to Civil Rights in the United States; and includes a copy of the Bill of Rights, and a cumulative index.

An account of the origins, development, and personalities of the Civil Rights movement from 1953-1963.

Eyewitness accounts of three decades of civil rights history.

Presents moral, ethical, and religious arguments against the use of capital punishment; discusses the place of state-sanctioned killing in history; looks at the burden the practice places on poor people and minorities; and explains how the country can move toward a death penalty-free future.