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1021) Spies of Mississippi
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Tells of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to preserve segregation and maintain white surpremacy during the spring of 1964.
Author
Series
CRS report volume R46534
Publisher
Congressional Research Service
Pub. Date
2020-
Language
English
1024) Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka, Kansas: cultural landscape guidelines
Publisher
Midwest Regional Office, National Park Service
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Author
Series
Legal sidebar volume LSB10898
Publisher
Congressional Research Service
Pub. Date
2023-
Language
English
Author
Series
Report / 111th Congress 2d session Senate volume 111-322
Publisher
U.S. G.P.O
Pub. Date
2010]
Language
English
Author
Series
Report / 115th Congress 1st session House of Representatives volume 115-241
Publisher
[U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In Waging a Good War, Thomas E. Ricks offers a fresh perspective on the civil rights movement of 1950s and 1960s and its legacy today. He follow Martin Luther King, Jr. and other key figures from Montgomery to Memphis, demonstrating that Gandhian nonviolence was a philosophy of active, not passive, resistance. Ricks also highlights lesser-known figures who played critical roles in fashioning nonviolence into an effective tool. Waging a Good War is...
Publisher
TMW Media Group
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
It depicts the life and careers of trailblazing men, from the worlds of politics, arts, music, literature, sports, and sciences. Highlighting their accomplishments, dedication, and achievements, this program focuses on their place in American history, what their lives were like what they accomplished, and the obstacles they faced. Their common thread of determination, courage, and commitment is consistent as a universal theme in each of their lives....
Publisher
ParkNet
Pub. Date
[1998?
Language
English
Description
Page houses digitized photographs highlighting moments in the historic civil rights struggle in the United States. Site is located on the National Park Service ParkNet Web and offers an opportunity to view a map of historic civil rights sites with accompanying biographical information about major activists.
Author
Series
Reference information paper volume 113
Publisher
National Archives and Records Administration
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Over one million Black men and women served in World War II. Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge, serving in segregated units and performing unheralded but vital support jobs, only to be denied housing and educational opportunities on their return home. Without their crucial contributions to the war effort, the United States could not have won the war. And yet the stories of these Black veterans have long been ignored,...
1038) African American heroes
Publisher
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2012], c2012
Language
English
Description
Martin's big words: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. comes to life in this powerful and important biography about beliefs and dreams.
Rosa: On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks boarded a bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man, forever changing the course of civil rights.
March on! The day my brother Martin changed the world: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s sister presents a personal, stirring account of the remarkable day Dr. King delivered his "I Have...
1040) King in the wilderness
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From award-winning director/producer Peter Kunhardt, King in the Wilderness follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the volatile last three years of his life, from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968. Drawing on revelatory stories from his inner circle of friends, the film provides a clear window into the civil rights leader's character, showing him to be a man with an unshakeable commitment to peaceful...