Title Highlight: Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights

Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights

1 volume: Photos, illustrations, Chronology, Selected Bibliography, Index

This one volume book is a good introduction to the people, agencies, organizations, court cases, and events involved in the Civil Rights movement. A wide range of topics are covered from African American organizations like the NAACP, the Knights of Pythias and the Universal Negro Improvement Association; to legal cases like Brown vs. the Board of Education and others; to events like the race riots in East St. Louis, (1915), Detroit (1943 and 1967) and Los Angeles (Watts 1965). Each article is short, but has a bibliography of further reading at the end for further research. The chronology found at the back begins in 1861 with the establishment of a school for blacks at Fort Monroe, Virginia and traces people and activities related to the Civil Rights movement up until 1990.