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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... arrested for minor imaginary traffic violations . King too was arrested on a false speeding charge and jailed . As word of his arrest spread , a large crowd gathered outside , and the jailer , panicking , let King go . Threatening ...
... arrested for minor imaginary traffic violations . King too was arrested on a false speeding charge and jailed . As word of his arrest spread , a large crowd gathered outside , and the jailer , panicking , let King go . Threatening ...
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... arrested and jailed in Mississippi for trying to integrate bus stations . That only made more people volunteer to be Freedom Riders . By summer's end , hundreds from all over the country had joined on Freedom Rides . In Jackson ...
... arrested and jailed in Mississippi for trying to integrate bus stations . That only made more people volunteer to be Freedom Riders . By summer's end , hundreds from all over the country had joined on Freedom Rides . In Jackson ...
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... arrested . Nor was the violence confined to the West Coast . Riots broke out in New York , Cleveland , Chicago , South Bend , Jack- sonville ... In 1967 riots erupted again , this time in 164 cites , with 82 dead , 3,400 injured , and ...
... arrested . Nor was the violence confined to the West Coast . Riots broke out in New York , Cleveland , Chicago , South Bend , Jack- sonville ... In 1967 riots erupted again , this time in 164 cites , with 82 dead , 3,400 injured , and ...
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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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