Origins of the Civil Rights Movements
ISBN-10: 0029221307
ISBN-13: 9780029221303
$20.00
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Paper
Publisher
Free Press
Published on
Sep 15, 1986
Edition
st Edition
Dimensions
6.13x0.96x9.25 Inches
Weight
1.03 Pounds
About the Book
A "valuable, eye-opening work" (The Boston Globe) about the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s.
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Mrs. Rosa Parks, weary after a long day at work, refused to give up her bus seat to a white man...and ignited the explosion that was the civil rights movement in America. In this powerful saga, Morris tells the complete story behind the ten years that transformed America, tracing the essential role of the black community organizations that was the real power behind the civil rights movement. Drawing on interviews with more than fifty key leaders, original documents, and other moving firsthand material, he brings to life the people behind the scenes who led the fight to end segregation, providing a critical new understanding of the dynamics of social change.
"An important addition to our knowledge of the strategies of social change for all oppressed peoples." --Reverend Jesse Jackson
"A benchmark study...setting the historical record straight." --The New York Times Book Review