Slave trade and slavery (Black heritage)

Harding, Vincent

Clarke, John Henrik

holt,rinehart,and winston inc

Presents Black history in America as a force of strong resistance to racism and slavery rather than accommodation and discusses the people and events of this struggle

There Is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America

Teen & Young Adult

Harcourt

From an unflinchingly black perspective, Harding writes of the struggle of heroic African americans to achieve freedom from slavery. Index; photographs.

There Is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America (Harvest Book)

History

Americas

Mariner Books

For all of the continuity of African-American history, including the long history of struggle, the years between 1945 and 1970 represented a new moment. It was a time of new possibilities and new vision, a time when black Americans were determined to be the architects of an inclusive America that championed human rights for all. In We Changed the World, Vincent Harding, himself a participant in the Southern freedom movement, documents what was perhaps the most critical chapter in African-American history, the fight for civil and human rights. In the streets and in the courts, a new generation of black activists--including Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, writers James Baldwin and Ralph Ellison, and baseball legend Jackie Robinson--forced the federal government to admit that segregation was wrong and must be remedied. Their efforts paid off. In the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, the Supreme Court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 decision upholding legal segregation. Americans could no longer easily avoid the implications of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s central message: "If democracy is to live segregation must die." By 1964, African Americans had much to be optimistic about. Protests in Birmingham and Mississippi and the much publicized murders of civil rights activists forced Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed segregation in public accommodations of every kind throughout the country. The civil rights movement freed all African Americans to move beyond protest and to take charge themselves. The Black Power movement, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the urban rebellions--all contributed to the transformation of American politics and the role of black Americans in the life of the nation. African Americans did indeed change the world, but only after a long struggle that began when the first Africans arrived in this country. It is a struggle that continues to this day.

We Changed the World: African Americans 1945-1970 (The ^AYoung Oxford History of African Americans)

Children's Books

Oxford University Press

This classic book about" The Black Struggle for Freedom in America"

There Is a River

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Vintage

Explains the background of the Civil Rights movement

The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and First Hand Accounts From The Black Freedom Struggle, 1954-1990

Hine, Darlene C.

Viking Adult

An impassioned call to the clergy, community activists, and educators to remember and keep alive the story of the black-led freedom movement. Harding argues the importance of knowing for ourselves, incorporating into our lives, and teaching to others the events and goals of this historic movement.

Hope and History: Why We Must Share the Story of the Movement

Orbis Books

Other American Revolution (Afro-american Culture & Society)

Univ of California Center for Afro

In these eloquent essays that reflect upon King's legacy over the past two decades and the meaning of his life today, a portrait emerges of a man constantly evolving and going deeper into the roots of violence and injustice--a man whose challenge remains as timely and necessary as ever.

Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

In this collection of essays, noted scholar and activist Vincent Harding reflects on the forgotten legacy of Martin Luther King, and the meaning of his life today.

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Slave trade and slavery (Black heritage)

There Is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America

There Is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America (Harvest Book)

We Changed the World: African Americans 1945-1970 (The ^AYoung Oxford History of African Americans)

There Is a River

The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and First Hand Accounts From The Black Freedom Struggle, 1954-1990

Hope and History: Why We Must Share the Story of the Movement

Other American Revolution (Afro-american Culture & Society)

Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero

Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero