Rev. Martin Luther King, jr.
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT


"People stood revealed with a new sense 
of dignity and destiny."


SOME BOOKS AND LINKS OF INTEREST

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Carson, Claybourne, ed. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Warner Books. 1998. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Book # 00851 US$ 15.00

Cose, Ellis Color-Blind: Seeing Beyond Race in a Race-Obsessed World. New York: Harper Collins, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Is "Martin Luther King's dream of a society in which people would be judged not by color but by character" coming to pass? Cose offers steps toward "the society of Dr. King's dreams .... Penetrating and thought provoking." "An essential contribution." -- Los Angeles Times. As new in likewise as new dust jacket (Mint) Book # 01046 US$ 19.00

Duncan, Alice Faye; and J. Gerard Smith (photographer) The National Civil Rights Museum Celebrates: Everyday People. Memphis, Tennessee: National Civil Rights Museum / Troll Medallion, 1995. First edition thus. ('First published in hardcover by Bridge Water Books,' 1995.) Large paperback. As new. Book # 00839 US$ 9.00

Foner, Philip S. Women and the American Labor Movement: From World War 1 to the Present. New York: Free Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. The pathbreaking, landmark study, regarded by many to be a classic. 'An ambitious, sweeping industrial history ... superior.' -- American Library Booklist. classic. As new in near as new dust jacket. Book # 00995 US$ 20.00

Higginbotham, A. Leon, Jr. Shades of Freedom: Racial Politics and Presumption of the American Legal Process. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. First edition, first printing. 'A noted scholar and celebrated jurist offers a work of magnificient scope, insight, and passion. Ranging from the earliest colonial times to the present, it is a superb work of history -- and a mirror to the American Soul.' Hardcover. Crease along front board (vertical); with slight crease likewise along front of dust jacket; else in very good condition. Book # 00936 US$ 10.00

Holt, Len Summer That Didn't End: The Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Project of 1964. New York: DaCapo Press, [1965] 1992. Paperback. "One of the few accounts of the 1960s civil rights movement by a participant, Len Holt's examination of the 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi gives readers an inside look ... beyond the dramatic deaths and violence and shows the reader the summer's successes, the heroism..." -- from the book's new 1992 preface by Julian Bond. As new. Book # 01032 US$ 11.00

Kelley, Robin D. G. Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class. New York: The Free Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. As new, in likewise as new dust jacket. Radical, underground, extraordinary, and ordinary activities of the black resistance movement, from the Jim Crow era to the present. Book # 00929 US$ 20.00

King, Casey ; and Linda Barrett Osborne Oh Freedom: Kids Talk About The Civil Rights Movement With The People Who Made It Happen. New York: Knopf, 1997. Hardcover First edition. Fine in fine dj. Foreward By Rosa Parks. Illustrated With Vintage Photographs. Remainder dot. Book # 00852 US$ 15.00

Myers, Walter Dean Now is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom. New York: Harper Collins, 1991. Hardcover. “Story of the people whose lives made a difference, their hard work, art, writing, inventions, music, and above all, courage, forever changing the direction of American life.” Remainder mark, else as new, in as new dust jacket. Book # 00414 US$ 15.00

Powledge, Fred We Shall Overcome: Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. New York: Atheneum, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with photographs by the author. "The Civil Rights Movement that blossomed in the 1960s was a perfect example of democracy at work.... Americans held fast to their beliefs ... Some were beaten or they lost their jobs ... Some were killed for their participation in the struggle ... The Civil Rights Movement was not just the efforts of one or two leadrers, or even a dozen or two dozen. Rather, it was the work of thousands of people, both black and white, who refused to give in." RM, else as new in as new dust jacket. Book # 01077 US$ 20.00



Some Civil Rights eBooks

A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. $7.95
http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com/book.cgi/0759540624?searchrank=100

A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Martin Luther King, Jr. $7.95
http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com/S=adf2f3d7c6f6dc9c07311eb81bf591afPmOyhMCoAAIAAGRQx5U2106344/book.cgi/0759541272?searchrank=76

Du Bois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk. (Modern Library edition) $4.45
http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com/book.cgi/0679641394

Church, Forrest The American Creed: A Spiritual and Patriotic Primer. $15.95
http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com/book.cgi/0312708254?searchrank=44


Links to Civil Rights Movement sites

The Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s: Literary Tradition and Social Change
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/sixties/civil.html

Civil Rights Project. An ongoing assessment of the prospects for justice and equal opportunity under law for racial and ethnic minorities.
http://www.law.harvard.edu/groups/civilrights/mission.html

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Online Center 1997 - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights/Leadership Conference Education Fund.
http://www.civilrights.org/

The Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project- a limited on-line verstion of Stanford University's multi-volume anthology of Dr. King's writings.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/

The National Civil Rights Museum is the first and only comprehensive overview of the civil rights movement in exhibit form. It is an educational institution whose purpose is to inspire people to learn the lessons of the civil rights movement and its impact on human rights movements worldwide. The museum provides unique educational experiences through its collections, research, and public learning programs.
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/

1960s Counterculture, African-Americans, Civil Rights.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/9487/cvlrts.htm



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