A Traveler's Guide to the Civil Rights MovementHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004 - 384 pàgines In 2004, the United States will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. As our country begins a national retrospective of the civil rights movement, here is the perfect book to help explore the long struggle toward racial equality. Part guidebook, part civil rights primer, A Traveler's Guide to the Civil Rights Movement memorializes the years 1954 to 1965 as well as the vast, underappreciated black history from which our modern civil rights movement began. More than five million people visit civil rights and black history landmarks each year, from the National Voting Rights Museum and the King Center to lesser-known spots such as slave auction sites and the locations of crucial marches and boycotts. This guide provides suggested state and city tours of these historic places and offers thoughtful commentary on the importance of each landmark, giving us a unique lens through which to view one of America's most important social movements. Includes suggested state and city tours in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, |
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The Pioneering Military | 28 |
VIRGINIA | 35 |
Pocahontas | 56 |
The Role of the Media | 69 |
Nonviolent? Not Always | 88 |
The Thirst for Education | 95 |
SOUTH CAROLINA | 107 |
Jim Crow in a Nutshell | 116 |
Black Institutions Led the Way | 161 |
FLORIDA | 169 |
Sports Heroes and Civil Rights | 182 |
ALABAMA | 211 |
Freedom Riders | 240 |
The Right to Vote | 249 |
Bibliography | 355 |
Acknowledgments | 361 |
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Tourism and Politics: Global Frameworks and Local Realities Peter M. Burns,Marina Novelli Previsualització limitada - 2007 |