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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... economic , the political health of all Americans . Nor is the problem of discrimination only a regional , a Southern issue . As you will see , the American public gradually real- ized that there was segregation not only in the South ...
... economic , the political health of all Americans . Nor is the problem of discrimination only a regional , a Southern issue . As you will see , the American public gradually real- ized that there was segregation not only in the South ...
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... economic system left them little room for ambition or hope ; and the law and the courts functioned effectively at every level to protect , reinforce , and deepen their political powerlessness , eco- nomic dependence , and social ...
... economic system left them little room for ambition or hope ; and the law and the courts functioned effectively at every level to protect , reinforce , and deepen their political powerlessness , eco- nomic dependence , and social ...
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... proportions . The aim was to call upon Congress to pass the Kennedy civil rights bill and to highlight the economic discrimination blacks suf- fered as well . At first , the Kennedy people wondered how wise it 104 THERE COMES A TIME.
... proportions . The aim was to call upon Congress to pass the Kennedy civil rights bill and to highlight the economic discrimination blacks suf- fered as well . At first , the Kennedy people wondered how wise it 104 THERE COMES A TIME.
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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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