A Dream of Freedom : The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968 (2004)

by Diane McWhorter

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An informative and compelling history of possibly the most important period in U.S. History. Photographs from the period enhance the telling of the story. While there are a few disturbing photographs, they are not included gratuitiously. Each year is seperated into a chapter. The author provides a fairly comprehensive representation of the events that happened during the civil rights movement, but it is not exhaustive either. (

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ALA Best Books for Young Adults (2005)

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Full title (2004): A dream of freedom : the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968 / Diane McWhorter ; foreword by Fred Shuttlesworth

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In this history of the modern Civil Rights movement, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Diane McWhorter focuses on the monumental events that occurred between 1954 (the year of Brown versus the Board of Education) and 1968 (the year that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assasinated). Beginning with an overview of the movement since the end of the Civil War, McWhorter also discusses such events as the 1956 MTGS bus boycott, the 1961 Freedom Rides, and the 1963 demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama, among others.The author uses interviews she conducted personally with

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In this history of the modern Civil Rights movement, the author focuses on the monumental events that occurred between 1954 (the year of Brown v. the Board of Education) and 1968 (the year that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.