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Free at Last: The U.S. Civil Rights Movement
URL: http://www.america.gov/publications/books-content/free-at-last.html

Description:
"This book recounts how African-American slaves and their descendants struggled to win -- both in law and in practice -- the civil rights enjoyed by other Americans." Includes material on the spread of slavery, Underground Railroad, "Jim Crow" laws, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jr., the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act. From the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs.

LII Topics: Black Resources, Civil Rights Movement

Author:
Friedman, Michael Jay

Publisher:
U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs

Extra Keywords
black

LII Database Information:
Record 27835 created by Maria Brandt on 01/23/2009
Last modification on 02/02/2009
Published: 02/11/2009  
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27835

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