SOCIAL SCIENCES
Altman, Linda Jacobs

The American Civil Rights Movement: The African-American Struggle for Equality

(4) YA Issues in Focus series. This slightly rushed but well-organized offering traces the civil rights movement from the Reconstruction era through the late sixties, when black militant groups challenged Martin Luther King, Jr.'s nonviolent activism. Especially moving among the archival black-and-white photos are those featuring black children fighting for their rights. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

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