The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader

<b>The most comprehensive anthology of primary sources available spanning the entire history of the American civil rights movement.<br><br></b>A record of one of the greatest and most turbulent movements of this century <i>The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader</i>&#160;is essential for anyone interested in learning how far the American civil rights movements has come and how far it has to go.<br><br>Included are the Supreme Court's <i>Brown vs Board of Education</i>&#160;decision in its entirety; speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. and his famous Letter from Birmingham City Jail; an interview with Rosa Parks; selections from <i>Malcolm X Speaks</i>; Black Panther Bobby Seale's <i>Seize the Time</i>; Ralph Abernathy's controversial <i>And the Walls Came Tumbling Down</i>; a piece by Herman Badillo on the infamous Attica prison uprising; addresses by Harold Washington Jesse Jackson Nelson Mandel and much more.<br><br> &#147;An important volume for students and professionals who wish to grasp the basic nature of the civil rights movement and how it changed America in fundamental ways.&#148; &#151;Aldon Morris Northwestern University