Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 - Softcover

Williams, Juan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143124749 ISBN 13: 9780143124740

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2013

Synopsis

The 30th-anniversary edition of Juan Williams's celebrated account of the tumultuous early years of the civil rights movement

From the Montgomery bus boycott to the Little Rock Nine to the Selma-Montgomery march, thousands of ordinary people who participated in the American civil rights movement; their stories are told in Eyes on the Prize. From leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., to lesser-known figures such as Barbara Rose John and Jim Zwerg, each man and woman made the decision that somethinghad to be done to stop discrimination. These moving accounts and pictures of the first decade of the civil rights movement are a tribute to the people, black and white, who took part in the fight for justice and the struggle they endured.

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Product Description:

Title: Eyes on the Prize( America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: JuanWilliams <>Publisher: PenguinBooks

Review:

"A fascinating, fast-moving overview." --The New York Times Book Review

"Skillfully combines written and oral sources with the historical narrative . . . Will be invaluable to students as well as the general reader." --The Boston Globe

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0143124749
• ISBN 13: 9780143124740
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336