Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-265) and index.
Contents
Anticipating the movement -- Desegregating the schools -- The Montgomery bus boycott -- The sit-ins and freedom rides -- The fires of discord -- Birmingham and the great march -- Mississippi : opening the closed society -- Selma : the bridge to freedom -- Black power -- The civil rights movement and other social movements -- White resistance --The struggle continues -- Statistical profile of black America.