In 1960, when the civil rights movement first began to gain national attention, African Americans had been working to gain political and economic rights for nearly a century. Blacks had made some progress, but the laws that many southern state...

The African-American struggle for civil rights marks a turning point in American history because it represents the period when African Americans made their entry into the American mainstream. Although the focus of the long persistent drive for civil...

The twentieth century's Civil Rights movement was, like the nineteenth century's Civil War, its central domestic watershed, but the parameters of the movement are less well defined than those of the Civil War. The origins of the Civil...

The African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) refers to the reform movements in the United States aimed at abolishing racial discrimination of African Americans; this article covers the phase of the movement between 1954 and 1968, particularly...

African American Religion and the Civil Rights Movement in Arkansas. By Johnny E. Williams. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c. 2003. Pp. xxvi, 177. $40.00, ISBN 1-57806-545-3.) Johnny E. Williams explores the connections between religion and the civil rights movement. He examines the...

African American Religion and the Civil Rights Movement in Arkansas. By Johnny E. Williams. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c. 2003. Pp. xxvi, 177. $40.00, ISBN 1-57806-545-3.) Johnny E. Williams explores the connections between religion and the civil rights movement. He examines...

At the Alaska Bead Company, twenty-five-year-old Emily Ningeok carefully weighs out exactly two ounces of craft beads, places them in a small plastic bag, staples a tag on it, and puts the bag in the "done" pile. Working as quickly as she can, Ningeok...

Essay evaluates the extent to which African-Americans have overcame the inequalities faced in the 1950's and 1960's.

Explores the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Describes how black Americans are reflected in the media and examines prominent role models.

Essay provides a study of the Southern civil rights movement and its effect on life today.