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The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader

Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle

Clayborne Carson David J. Garrow Gerald Gill Vincent Harding

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Prentice-Hall
01 November 1991
"The most comprehensive anthology of primary sources available, spanning the entire history of the American civil rights movement.

A record of one of the greatest and most turbulent movements of this century, The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Readeris essential for anyone interested in learning how far the American civil rights movements has come and how far it has to go.

Included are the Supreme Court's Brown vs Board of Educationdecision in its entirety; speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., and his famous ""Letter from Birmingham City Jail""; an interview with Rosa Parks; selections from Malcolm X Speaks; Black Panther Bobby Seale's Seize the Time; Ralph Abernathy's controversial And the Walls Came Tumbling Down; a piece by Herman Badillo on the infamous Attica prison uprising; addresses by Harold Washington, Jesse Jackson, Nelson Mandel, and much more.

""An important volume for students and professionals who wish to grasp the basic nature of the civil rights movement and how it changed America in fundamental ways."" -Aldon Morris, Northwestern University"

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Imprint:   Prentice-Hall
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   Revised ed.
Dimensions:   Height: 214mm,  Width: 139mm,  Spine: 43mm
Weight:   703g
ISBN:   9780140154030
ISBN 10:   0140154035
Series:   Eyes on the Prize
Pages:   784
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Clayborne Carson is a Stanford University historian. In 1985 Coretta Scott King entrusted him with editing and publishing the papers of her late husband. Carson is the founding director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. David J. Garrow is an American historian and professor. He was the senior adviser for the award-winning TV series Eyes on the Prize. Gill is also the author of Liberty and Sexuality, a history of the legal struggles surrounding reproductive rights in the United States before the Roe v. Wade decision. Gerald Gill was one of the most beloved and highly regarded professors in the history of Tufts University. In addition to his work as an educator and historian, he served as a consultant on the award-winning TV series Eyes on the Prize. He was voted Professor of the Year for Massachusetts twice. Gill passed away in 2007. Vincent Harding was a social activist and historian best known for his work with his personal friend Martin Luther King Jr. He was the co-chairperson of the social unity group Veterans of Hope Project. In the 1960s, he and his wife Rosemarie--both devout Mennonites themselves--cofounded Mennonite House, an interracial voluntary service center in Atlanta. He passed away in 2014. Darlene Clark Hine is the John A. Hannah Professor of American History at Michigan State University and a leading expert on the intersection of race, class, and gender in American society. Co-editor of Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, she is the author of Hine Sight: Black Women and the Re-Construction of American History, a book of essays. She lives in East Lansing, Michigan.

Reviews for The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle

An important volume for students and professionals who wish to grasp the basic nature of the civil rights movement and how it changed America in fundamental ways. -Aldon Morris, Northwestern University A remarkable collection . . . Indispensable. -William H. Harris, Texas Southern University


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