There Comes a Time: The Struggle for Civil RightsRandom House, 2000 - 193 Seiten Historian, scholar, and award-winning author Milton Meltzer outlines the struggle of African Americans for "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," starting with the landing of the first slave ships on colonial shores. How did over 300 years of slavery, segregation, and Jim Crow laws come to an end in the civil rights movement of the 1960s? What was achieved, and what are the problems still facing us today? |
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... march from Selma to the state capitol at Montgomery was planned for March 7 . The movement knew from experience that such nonvio- lent direct action campaigns might meet with violence . “ I can't promise you that you won't get beaten ...
... march from Selma to the state capitol at Montgomery was planned for March 7 . The movement knew from experience that such nonvio- lent direct action campaigns might meet with violence . “ I can't promise you that you won't get beaten ...
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... march from Selma to Montgomery began , on March 21. This time it was a triumphal celebra- tion . A safe passage was guaranteed by President Johnson , who had called the Alabama National Guard into federal service . Blacks and whites ...
... march from Selma to Montgomery began , on March 21. This time it was a triumphal celebra- tion . A safe passage was guaranteed by President Johnson , who had called the Alabama National Guard into federal service . Blacks and whites ...
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... march from Memphis to Jackson to bolster voting registra- tion and is shot in the back from ambush . Other civil rights leaders join march , which concludes with rally of 15,000 before state capitol at Jack- son . In Mississippi ...
... march from Memphis to Jackson to bolster voting registra- tion and is shot in the back from ambush . Other civil rights leaders join march , which concludes with rally of 15,000 before state capitol at Jack- son . In Mississippi ...
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We Dont Serve Negroes | 1 |
They Came in Chains | 2 |
All Men Are Created Equal | 3 |
Urheberrecht | |
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