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Eyes on the Prize (Penguin Books for History: U.S.)

Juan Williams

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Companion Volume to the PBS Television Series
Arguably the most tumultuous time in recent American history, the Civil Rights years inspired the most rational & irrational of human behaviors & set the stage for sweeping reform in the nation's race relations. Juan Williams's moving chronicle of the movement stands as the definitive history of the era.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
God bless the child: the story of school desegregation
Standing for justice: Mississippi & the Till case
We're not moving to the back, Mr Blake: the Montgomery bus boycott
Hall monitors from the 101st: the Little Rock story
Down freedom's main line: the movement's next generation
Freedom in the air: the lessons of Albany Birmingham
The March on Washington
Mississippi: freedom has never been free
Selma: the bridge to freedom
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Credits
Staff
Index

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ISBN10:: 0140096531

ISBN13:: 9780140096538

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Eyes on the Prize (Penguin Books for History: U.S.)

Juan Williams

4.45/5 (815 ratings)

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Companion Volume to the PBS Television Series
Arguably the most tumultuous time in recent American history, the Civil Rights years inspired the most rational & irrational of human behaviors & set the stage for sweeping reform in the nation's race relations. Juan Williams's moving chronicle of the movement stands as the definitive history of the era.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
God bless the child: the story of school desegregation
Standing for justice: Mississippi & the Till case
We're not moving to the back, Mr Blake: the Montgomery bus boycott
Hall monitors from the 101st: the Little Rock story
Down freedom's main line: the movement's next generation
Freedom in the air: the lessons of Albany Birmingham
The March on Washington
Mississippi: freedom has never been free
Selma: the bridge to freedom
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Credits
Staff
Index

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: 1

Language:

ISBN10:: 0140096531

ISBN13:: 9780140096538

kindle Asin:: 0140096531

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