Ben Beard, Horace Randall Williams

This Day in Civil Rights History (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A unique catalog of historic civil rights events, This Day in Civil Rights History details the struggles, sacrifices, and triumphs on the road to equal rights for all U.S. citizens. From the Quakers' 17th-century antislavery resolution to slave uprisings during the Civil War, to the infamous Orangeburg Massacre in 1968, and beyond, authors Horace Randall Williams and Ben Beard present a vivid collection of 366 events-one for every day of the year plus Leap Day-chronicling African Americans' battle for human dignity and self-determination.

Every day of the year has witnessed significant events in the struggle for civil rights. This Day in Civil Rights History is an illuminating collection of these cultural turning points.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cokesbury
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781603061582
• Artikelnr.: 64559256

Autorenporträt

Horace Randall Williams (Author)
RANDALL WILLIAMS is an Alabama-based writer, editor, and book publisher.

Ben Beard (Author)
BEN BEARD is a writer and librarian. He is the co-author of This Day in Civil Rights History and the author of Muhammad Ali: The Greatest and King Midas in Reverse. In the 2000s, Beard reviewed movies and wrote features for InSite Magazine, King Kudzu, and Filmmonthly.com, where he also worked as an editor. Beard, a native of Georgia who spent his formative years in the Florida Panhandle and Alabama, currently lives in Chicago with his wife and three children.