A history of the contemporary civil rights movement in the United States, including a chronology of key events, brief biographical information on two centuries of African-American leaders, and excerpts from King‘s speeches and writings. (November 1998 )

Slavery Spreads to America
““Three-fifths of other Persons: ““A Promise Deferred““
““Separate but Equal: ““African Americans Respond to the Failure of Reconstruction
Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall Launch the Legal Challenge to Segregation
““We have a Movement““
““It Cannot Continue: ““ Establishing Legal Equality
Epilogue