English 8 - Civil Rights : Start Here

Defining Documents in American History series. This title covers important historical documents from the U.S. Supreme Court as well as other courts in American history. Readers will find in-depth analysis of a broad range of court cases covering critical topics, including Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education.

Explores the political, economic, and social conditions of the 1930s, including the Great Depression, the golden age of radio, the Lindbergh kidnapping, and the trial of the Scottsboro Boys.

Incorporating anecdotes, the exploits of individuals, first-person accounts, and never-before-seen images and graphics, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow by Richard Wormser is the story of the African American struggle for freedom following the end of the Civil War.

This comprehensive volume provides an incisive perspective on one of America's bleakest legacies: murder and lynching in the Deep South. Chapters cover the history of violence used to restrict African Americans from accessing and participating in the political process and provide a critical look into the efforts undertaken to prevent and protest lynching.

The Civil Rights Movement covers the key years from 1954 to 1965 in detail. It also traces the roots of the civil rights movement to the 19th century in the years following the Emancipation Proclamation through the Reconstruction period. The Civil Rights Movement provides hundreds of firsthand accounts of the movement. Among the eyewitness testimonies included are those from Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Malcolm X, President Lyndon Johnson, Stokely Carmichael, Rosa Parks and Ralph Abernathy. In addition to the firsthand accounts, each chapter provides an introductory essay and a chronology of events.

Martin Luther King Jr. followed the lead of Mahatma Gandhi and employed nonviolent civil disobedience to fight discrimination. His methods brought about some of the most effective civil rights legislation in our country's history and earned him a Nobel Peace Prize. Those methods also brought criticism from whites who said he was pushing too fast, and from African Americans who advocated violence to speed up change.

Women of the Civil Rights Movement explores the roles women took on as demonstrators, organizers, fund raisers, writers, artists, and more in the fight for equal rights.