General Note:
Originally published: Freedom facts and firsts : 400 years of the African American civil rights experience / Jessie Carney Smith and Linda T. Wynn, editors. -- Canton, MI : Visible Ink Press, 2009.
This encyclopedic work aims to increase the wealth of information that is currently published on African Americans and their struggle for civil rights. It builds on such works, by bringing together in one convenient volume topics and issues that may appear in many different works.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-368) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Arts and entertainment. Movements ; Artists ; Entertainers ; filmmakers ; Films ; Music ; Music entrepreneur ; Singers ; Literature ; Writers -- Civil rights. Cities and towns ; Freedom celebrations ; Protests ; Race consciousness ; Speeches -- Education. Colleges and universities ; Integration of colleges of universities ; Curriculum ; Educators ; Educators ; School desegregation ; Protest Training School -- Journalism. Journalists ; Magazines ; News services ; Newspapers -- Law and government. Attorneys ; Civil Rights Commission ; Civil rights laws and cases ; Executive order ; Federal Commission ; Federal officials-- and intervention ; The military ; Prisons ; Resolutions -- Organizations. Groups ; Leaders -- Political activists. Abolitionists ; Civil rights activists ; Lynching victim ; Protest letter -- Religion. Churches ; Leaders ; Religious education -- Sports. Automobile racing ; Baseball ; Basketball ; Bowling ; Boxing ; Cycling ; Football ; Golf ; Horse racing ; Olympics ; Tennis ; Sports writers.
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