As we observed this past Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we remembered all those who took part in the Civil Rights Movement and the men and women of all ages who led, fought, and sacrificed their lives in this struggle. A Journey Towards Equal Rights invites students to explore the history surrounding the effort in the United States to fight discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or one’s national origin. This exhibit illustrates a journey towards more equal access to education, voting, public accommodations and jobs for all American citizens. Represented within the contents of this exhibit are a range of viewpoints and strategies that were utilized within the Civil Rights Movement and the events leading up to this movement. It also spotlights multiple sources of leadership, including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Congress of Racial Equality, the National Association for the Advancement of Color People, and many others. We hope students can use this as a point of reference as they continue the tradition of leadership and contribute towards the social and political movements taking place today.
Radicalism at the crossroads : African American women activists in the Cold War by 
Freedom's women : Bla: women and families in Civil War era Mississippi by 
On being female, black, and free: essays by Margaret Walker, 1932-1992 by 
Women in the civil rights movement: trailblazers and torchbearers, 1941-1965 by 
Woman's legacy: essays on race, sex, and class in American history by 
A shining thread of hope: the history of Black women in America by 
I dream a world: portraits of Black women who changed America by 
Letters from Mississippi by 
White violence and Black response: from Reconstruction to Montgomery by 
Born black by 
The African-American century: how Black Americans have shaped our country by
Black Americans are at the heart of the greatest achievements of our history, from music to law, from politics to sports, from literature to religion. Now the two leading African-American intellectuals of our day show us why the twentieth century was The African-American Century, with one hundred original profiles of the most influential African Americans from W. E. B. Du Bois to Oprah Winfrey. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Cornel West offer their personal picks of the African-American figures who did the most to shape our world. Here we find much-loved figures such as scientist George Washington Carver and civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and contemporary favorites such as comedian Richard Pryor, novelist Alice Walker, and golf champion Tiger Woods. We also learn about less well known people such as jockey Jimmy Winkfield, aviator Bessie Coleman, and filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, and recognize the achievements of controversial figures such as activist Angela Davis, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, and rap artist Tupac Shakur. Each profile is a lively story in its own right. But taken as a whole, these one hundred stories offer a unique window on the history of the twentieth century. Decade by decade, we marvel at the triumphs of a people who began the century only thirty-five years "up from slavery," and ended it at the top of every field. The result is a moving testament to the humanity and genius of black Americans, both individually and together. The African-American Century reminds us that there would be no American culture without black America. Without Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, or John Coltrane, we would have no jazz. Without Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, or Toni Morrison, we would miss our greatest novels. Without Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson, or Althea Gibson, we would have none of our most glorious triumphs in sports. Without Thurgood Marshall, Dr. King, or Barbara Jordan, we would be deprived of the political breakthroughs that affirm and strengthen our democracy. Whether we are laughing with Bill Cosby or dancing to rock 'n' roll, whether we are listening to a great preacher or stunned by the power of a Spike Lee film, whether we are building a business empire or fighting for justice-we are all shaped and influenced by the African-American experience. Written in a lively, accessible style and fully illustrated throughout, The African-American Century is a celebration of black achievement and a tribute to the black struggle for freedom in America that will inspire us for years to come.
Lure and loathing : essays on race, identity, and the ambivalence of assimilation by 
Coming through the fire: surviving race and place in America by 
Blackthink: my life as black man and white man by 
Not slave, not free: the African American economic experience since the Civil War by 
Black man emerging: facing the past and seizing a future in America by 
Different and wonderful: raising Black children in a race-conscious society by 
Turning back: the retreat from racial justice in American thought and policy by 
The end of racism: principles for a multiracial society by 
Racial healing: confronting the fear between Blacks and Whites by 
Identity and African American men: exploring the content of our characterization by A Guide to Research on Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Modern Black Freedom Struggle by 
There is a balm in gilead: the cultural roots of Martin Luther King, Jr. by 13th Amendment - Passed by Congress in 1865 to abolish slavery in the United States
14th Amendment - Passed by Congress in 1866 to extend liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights to formerly enslaved people
15th Amendment - Passed by Congress in 1869 to grant African American men the right to vote
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Extensive legislation to prohibit race-based discrimination and other forms of discrimination including in the areas of voting, education, and employment
Fair Housing Act of 1968 - Prohibits housing discrimination based on an individual's protected class
Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63 by 
Free at last? : the civil rights movement and the people who made it by 
Servants of the people : the 1960s legacy of African-American leadership by 
Let freedom ring : a documentary history of the modern civil rights movement by 
A dream deferred : the second betrayal of Black freedom in America by 
Facing up to the American dream: race, class, and the soul of the nation by 
Children of the dream: the psychology of Black success by
"In Martin Luther King's now legendary "I Have a Dream" speech, he hoped for a time when "little children... will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." It is these children, now come of age in the post-civil rights era, shaped by the belief that the key to their success would be in assimilating into the very culture that has for so long denied them opportunity and equality, who are the Children of the Dream." "The authors define black success in the last thirty years as the realization of an American promise: access to equal opportunity. Using both an economic and an occupational framework to assess the phenomenon of achievement on a generation of blacks who grew up in an era defined by the concept of integration, they have focused on black baby boomers who grew up possessing something no generation of blacks has ever before experienced: a sense of entitlement." "For more than two years, they traveled the country seeking out those black men and women who have achieved positions of power and influence in the American workplace. The thoughts and insights of this generation help illuminate just what it takes to be a successful black living in white America. Whatever their personal behavioral styles, the one common trait that emerged from all of the interviews presented here is that successful blacks are first and foremost affirmed and empowered by a positive sense of racial identity. They fully understand that as blacks they will encounter obstacles, prejudices, and inequities, but they never view their race as the liability or cause of the problem. They understand it is the perverse reactions of others to the black race that create the problem." "Surprising and often controversial, Children of the Dream stands as vivid testimony to the increasingly complex world in which black Americans strive to succeed."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Black protest in the sixties by 
Black resistance, white law: a history of constitutional racism in America by 
The origins of the civil rights movement: Black communities organizing for change by 
Black southern voices : an anthology of fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction, and critical essays by 
The ordeal of integration: progress and resentment in America's "racial" crisis by Books written during segregation and integration
The development of segregationist thought by 
Desegregation: resistance and readiness by
"The most critical dimension of desegregation in our region is found in the attitudes of members of the dominant white communities. Melvin Tumin, a sociology professor at Princeton University, and eleven associates... have done a first-rate job mapping this vital dimension in an opinion study of citizens of Guilford County, North Carolina... the best effort yet to plumb citizens' attitudes on this agonizing modern problem."--Reading Guide, Law Library of University of Virginia. Originally published in 1958. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Segregation and desegregation: a digest of recent research by 
Challenge to the court: social scientists and the defense of segregation, 1954-1966 by 
Segregation : the inner conflict in the South by 
Martin Luther King, Jr.: a documentary, Montgomery to Memphis by 
Massive resistance: the white response to the civil rights movement by 
The black panthers: portraits from an unfinished revolution by 
Seize the time: the story of the Black Panther party and Huey P. Newton by 
Who is Angela Davis? : the biography of a revolutionary by 
Conversation with Eldridge Cleaver: Algiers by 
Black nationalism : a search for an identity in America by 
The Panther paradox: a liberal's dilemma by 
The Farrakhan phenomenon: race, reaction, and the paranoid style in American politics by 
The black vanguard: origins of the negro social revolution, 1900-1960 by 
Modern black nationalism: from Marcus Garvey to Louis Farrakhan by 
