Table of Contents
Introduction xi
A-Z Entries
Abernathy, Ralph David 1
Affirmative Action 2
Albany, Georgia Movement 5
Ali, Muhaminad 7
Anderson, William G. 11
Baker, Ella 13
Baldwin, James 15
Baraka, Amiri 17
Bates, Daisy 21
Belafonte, Harry 23
Bethune, Mary McLeod 25
Bevel, James 27
Birmingham Campaign 29
Black Arts Movement 32
Black Nationlism 34
Black Panther Party 38
Black Power 40
Black Power Salute at the 1968 Olympics 42
Bloody Sunday 43
Bombingham 46
Brown, Elaine 48
Brown, H. Rap 50
Brown v. Board of Education 51
Bunche, Ralph 53
Busing 56
Carmichael, Stokely 59
Chicago Campaign 63
Chisholm, Shirley 64
Civil Rights Act of 1960 68
Civil Rights Act of 1964 69
Civil Rights Act of 1968 71
Clark, Septima 73
Cleaver, Eldridge 75
Cleaver, Kathleen Neal 77
COINTELPRO 79
Cold War and Civil Rights 81
Congress of Racial Equality 85
Council of Federated Organizations 90
Davis, Angela 93
Deacons for Defense and Justice 96
Du Bois, W. E. B. 98
Evers, Medgar 101
Farrakhan, Louis 105
Faubus, Orval Eugene 107
Form an, James 108
Freedom Rides 111
Freedom Schools 114
Garvey, Marcus 117
Gray. Fred 123
Hamer, Fannie Lou 125
Hampton, Fred 127
Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited (HARYOU) 129
Height, Dorothy 131
Houston, Charles Hamilton 133
Jackson, Jesse 139
Jim Crow 143
Johnson, Lyndon B. 146
Kennedy, John F. 155
Kennedy, Robert F 159
Kerner Commission Report 161
King. Coretta Scott 162
King, Martin Luther, Jr. 164
Lafayette, Bernard 171
Last Poets 172
Lawson, James 173
League of Revolutionary Black Workers 176
Levison, Stanley 178
Lewis, John. 180
Lewis, Rufus 182
Little Rock Nine 184
Long Hot Summer Riots, 1965-1967 186
Lorraine Motel 188
Los Angeles Riot of 1965 190
Lowndes County Freedom Organization 194
Malcolm X 197
March on Washington 203
Marshall, Thurgood 207
Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike 209
Meredith, James 212
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 213
Mississippi Freedom Summer 215
Montgomery Bus Boycott 220
Moses, Robert 224
Motley, Constance Baker 228
MOVE Bombing 230
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund 233
Nash, Diane 235
Nation of Islam 237
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 241
Newton, Huey P. 245
Nixon, E. D. 249
Operation Breadbasket 251
Orangeburg Massacre of 1968 252
Organization of Afro-American Unity 255
Parks, Rosa 259
Peck, James 261
Poor People's Campaign 262
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. 266
Radio Free Dixie (1962) 269
Randolph, A.Philip 271
Ray, James Earl 275
Reeb, James 277
Revolutionary Action Movement 278
Richardson, Gloria 280
Robeson, Paul 282
Robinson, Jackie 286
Robinson, Jo Ann 287
Rustin, Bayard 290
Seale, Bobby 293
Selma March 295
Sharpton, Al 297
Shuttlesworth, Fred 299
Sit-in Movement 304
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church 306
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 309
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 312
Students for a Democratic Society 318
Till, Emmett 321
Voter Education Project 323
Voting Rights Act of 1965 324
Walker, Wyatt 327
War on Poverty 328
Wells-Bamett, Ida B. 330
White Citizens' Council 334
Wilkins, Roy 336
Williams, Hosea 338
Williams, Robert F 340
Women's Political Council of Montgomery 342
Primary Documents 345
From President's Committee on Civil Rights, To Secure These Rights {1947) 345
FBI Investigation of Malcolm X (1953-1964) 349
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) 356
From "The Southern Manifesto: Declaration of Constitutional Principles" (1956) 361
From President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Radio and Television "Address to the American People on the Situation in Little Rock" (September 24, 1957) 363
Jackie Robinson: Letter to President Kennedy (1961) 366
From John F. Kennedy, "Address on Civil Rights" (June 11, 1963) 367
George Wallace: Inaugural Address (1963) 370
Civil Rights Act (1964) 373
From Fannie Lou Hamer, "Testimony before the Credentials Committee of the Democratic National Convention," Atlantic City, New Jersey (1964) 395
Lyndon B. Johnson: Voting Rights Speech (1965) 397
Arthur Fletcher, "Remarks on the Philadelphia Plan" (1969) 405
Index 411
About the Editor 429
