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

AUTHOR Williams, Juan; Bond, Julian; Bond, Julian et al.
PUBLISHER Penguin Books (09/03/2013)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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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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ISBN-13: 9780143124740
ISBN-10: 0143124749
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
Edition Number: 0025
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Page Count: 336
Carton Quantity: 30
Product Dimensions: 7.40 x 0.60 x 9.10 inches
Weight: 1.25 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Social Science | Cultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Bl
Social Science | United States - 20th Century
Social Science | Civil Rights
Grade Level: College Freshman and up
Dewey Decimal: 323.409
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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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Introduction by: Bond, Julian
Julian Bond, Washington, D.C., was chairman of the NAACP from 1998 to 2010 and was SNCC's communications director.
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