1. The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement: 1865-1948 -- 2. School Desegregation and the Brown v. Board of Education Decision: 1949-1954 -- 3. The Emmett Till Case: 1955 -- 4. The Montgomery Bus Boycott: 1955-1957 -- 5. The Crisis at Central High: 1957-1959 -- 6. The Sit-ins and Freedom Rides: 1960-1961 -- 7. The Albany Movement and James Meredith at Ole Miss: 1961-1962 -- 8. Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Spring 1963 -- 9. The March on Washington: 1963 -- 10. Freedom Summer: 1964 -- 11. Selma and the Votings Rights Act: 1965 -- 12. The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement -- Appendix A: Documents -- Appendix B: Biographies of Major Personalities -- Appendix C: Acronyms -- Appendix D: Maps
Summary
Uses speeches, articles, and other writings of those involved to trace the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, primarily from 1954 to 1965
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-348) and index
