Provides an overview of the civil rights movement in the United States, highlighting key events that impacted African-Americans' quest for equal right and profiling influential people.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
The civil rights movement continues -- The Civil Rights Act and affirmative action -- Freedom Summer and Bloody Sunday -- The death of Martin Luther King -- Continued steps forward -- Steps backward -- New African American voices -- The first African American president -- Continued courage and growth.