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The final book in the trilogy, At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965–1968, was published in 2006. Among the subjects it covers are the Selma to Montgomery marches, the 1966 Chicago Open Housing Movement, Dr. King's participation in the Anti-Vietnam War movement, the Watts Riots, and the events leading up to King's assassination.
Pages in category "Non-fiction books about the civil rights movement" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966), poet; Helene Johnson (1906–1995), poet; James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), writer and civil rights activist; Mat Johnson (born 1970), fiction writer; Varian Johnson (born 1977) Edward P. Jones (born 1950), novelist and short-story writer; Gayl Jones (born 1949), novelist; Tayari Jones (born 1970 ...
The civil rights movement [b] was a social movement and campaign in the United States from 1954 to 1968 that aimed to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country, which was most commonly employed against African Americans.
Black Power: The Politics of Liberation is a 1967 book co-authored by Kwame Ture (then known as Stokely Carmichael) and political scientist Charles V. Hamilton.The work defines Black Power, presents insights into the roots of racism in the United States and suggests a means of reforming the traditional political process for the future.
The Fair Housing Act is Title VIII of this Civil Rights Act, and bans discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. The law is passed following a series of Open Housing campaigns throughout the urban North, the most significant being the 1966 Chicago Open Housing Movement and the organized events in Milwaukee during 1967–68.
The Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act are the most-mentioned byproducts of the movement. However, this era of Black organized resistance created numerous laws, judicial decisions and ...
The racial unrest and civil rights protests made Chester one of the key battlegrounds of the civil rights movement. [ 10 ] However, within the Congress of Racial Equality , and within the SNCC (particularly after the 1964 Freedom Summer ), there was the suggestion that white activists might better advance the cause of civil rights by organising ...