{"product_id":"eyes-on-the-prize-civil-rights-reader-documents-9780140154030","title":"Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader  Documents","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most comprehensive anthology of primary sources available, spanning the entire history of the American civil rights movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA record of one of the greatest and most turbulent movements of this century, \u003ci\u003eThe Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is essential for anyone interested in learning how far the American civil rights movements has come and how far it has to go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluded are the Supreme Court's \u003ci\u003eBrown vs Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eMalcolm X Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e; Black Panther Bobby Seale's \u003ci\u003eSeize the Time\u003c\/i\u003e; Ralph Abernathy's controversial \u003ci\u003eAnd the Walls Came Tumbling Down\u003c\/i\u003e; a piece by Herman Badillo on the infamous Attica prison uprising; addresses by Harold Washington, Jesse Jackson, Nelson Mandel, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An important volume for students and professionals wh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.” —Aldon Morris, Northwestern University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A remarkable collection . . . Indispensable.” —William H. Harris, Texas Southern University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe the People: The Long Journey Toward a More Perfect Union\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eby Vincent Harding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAwakenings (1954-1956)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by Vincent Harding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArticles on the Emmett Till Case\u003cbr\u003e\"Coming of Age in Mississippi,\" by Anne Moody\u003cbr\u003eA Letter from the Women's Political Council to the Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Rosa Parks\u003cbr\u003e\"The Movement Gathers Momentum,\" by Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003cbr\u003eSpeech by Martin Luther King, Jr., at Holt Street Baptist Church\u003cbr\u003e\"At Holt Street Baptist Church,\" by joe Azbell\u003cbr\u003eResolution of the Citizens' Mass Meeting, December 5, 1955\u003cbr\u003e\"Desegregation at Last,\" by Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFighting Back (1957-1962)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by Darlene Clark Hine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al.\u003cbr\u003e\"How Children Learn About Race,\" by Kenneth B. Clark\u003cbr\u003e\"The Atlanta Decalration,\" by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People\u003cbr\u003e\"Black Monday: Segregation or Amalgamation...America Has Its Choice,\" by Tom P. Brady\u003cbr\u003eBrown v. Board of Education-The Implementation Descision\u003cbr\u003e\"The Long Shadow of Little Rock,\" by Daisy Bates\u003cbr\u003eA Roundtable Discussion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAin't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by Clayborne Carson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Is Violence Necessary in Combat Injustice? For the Positive: Williams Says 'We Must Fight Back,'\" by Robert F. Williams\u003cbr\u003e\"The Social Organization of Non Violence,\" by Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Franklin McCain\u003cbr\u003e\"An Appeal for Human Rights\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Statement of Purpose\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Bigger than a Hamburger,\" by Ella J. Baker\u003cbr\u003e\"A Conference on the Sit-Ins,\" by Ted Dienstfrey\u003cbr\u003e\"In Pursuit of Freedom,\" by William Mahoney\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Robert Zellner\u003cbr\u003e\"Eve of Nonviolent Revolution?,\" by James M. Lawson, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo Easy Walk (1961-1963)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by David J. Garrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrganizing in Albany, Georgia, by Charles Sherrod\u003cbr\u003eLetter from the Albany Movement to the Albany City Commission, January 23, 1962\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Bernice Reagon\u003cbr\u003eLetter from Albany Merchant Leonard Gilberg to Albany Police Chief Laurie Prichett, July 23, 1962\u003cbr\u003e\"Birmingham: People in Motion,\" by the Alambama Christian Movement for Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eWiretap Transcript of Phone Connversation Between Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King, April 15, 1963\u003cbr\u003e\"Letter from Birmingham City Jail,\" by Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003cbr\u003eThe Birmingham Truce Agreement, May 10, 1963\u003cbr\u003ePresident John F. Kennedy's Nationally Televised Speech, June 11, 1963\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Text of Speech to Be Delivered at the Lincoln Memorial, by John Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMississippi: Is This America? (1962-1964)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by Clayborne Carson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mississippi: 1961-1962,\" by Robert Moses\u003cbr\u003e\"To Praise our Bridges,\" by Fannie Lou Hamer\u003cbr\u003e\"Interim Report of the United States Commision on Civil Rights, April 16, 1963\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Freedom Summer,\" by Sally Belfrage\u003cbr\u003e\"Mississippi at Atlantic City,\" by Charles M. Sherrod\u003cbr\u003eStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Brief Report on Guinea, by James Forman\u003cbr\u003e\"The Trip,\" by John Lewis and Donald Harris\u003cbr\u003e\"To Mississippi Youth,\" by Malcolm X\u003cbr\u003e\"From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement,\" by Bayard Rustin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBridge to Freedom (1965)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by David J. Garrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Early Attempts at Betterment,\" by Amelia Platts Boynton\u003cbr\u003e\"A Letter from a Selma, Alabama, Jail,\" by Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003cbr\u003e\"A Midnight Plane to Alabama: Journey of Conscience,\" by George B. Leonard\u003cbr\u003eSNCC-SCLC Relations, by James Forman\u003cbr\u003ePersonal Letter from Murial and Art Lewis to Her Mother, Selma, Alabama, March 19, 1965\u003cbr\u003e\"Our God is Marching On!,\" by Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterlude:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe The People: The Struggle Continues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eby Vincent Harding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Time Has Come (1964-1966)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by Clayborne Carson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Message to the Grass Roots,\" by Malcolm X\u003cbr\u003e\"Malcolm,\" by Sonia Sanchez\u003cbr\u003e\"Black Belt Election: New Day A'Coming,\" by Stokely Charmichael and Charles V. Hamilton\u003cbr\u003eLowndes County Freedom Organization Pamphlet\u003cbr\u003e\"How the Black Panther Party Was Organized,\" by John Hulett\u003cbr\u003e\"From Black Consciousness to Black Power,\" by Cleveland Sellers and Robert Terrell\u003cbr\u003e\"What We Want,\" by Stokely Charmichael\u003cbr\u003e\"Black Power: A Voice Within,\" by Ruth Turner Perot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo Societies (1965-1968)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by Darlene Clark Hine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Proposal by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of the Development of a Nonviolent Action Movement for the Greater Chicago Area\"\u003cbr\u003eDemands Placed on the Door of Chicago City Hall by Martin Luther King, Jr., July 10, 1966\u003cbr\u003e\"Agreement of the Subcommittee to the Conference on Fair Housing Convened by the Chicago Conference on Religion and Race\"\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Kinda Bryant Hall\u003cbr\u003e\"Profiles of Disorder...Detroit\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A Man's Life,\" by Roger Wilkins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Nine:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePower! (1966-1968)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by Gerald Gill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Taking Over,\" by Carl B. Stokes\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Thompson J. \"Mike\" Gaines\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Geraldine Williams\u003cbr\u003e\"The Founding of the Black Panther Party\" and \"Patrolling,\" by Huey P. Newton\u003cbr\u003e\"Seize the Time,\" by Bobby Seale\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Delores Torres\u003cbr\u003e\"A JHS 271 Teacher Tell It Like He Sees It,\" by Charles S. Isaacs\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Karriema Jordan\u003cbr\u003e\"Anti-Semitism?-A Statement by the Teachers of Ocean Hill-Brownsville to the People of New York\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Ten:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Promised Land (1967-1968)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by David J. Garrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Time to Break Silence,\" by Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003cbr\u003e\"Conversation with Martin Luther King\"\u003cbr\u003e\"I See the Promised Land,\" by Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003cbr\u003e\"My Last Letter to Martin,\" by Ralph David Abernathy\u003cbr\u003e\"On the Case in Resurrection City,\" by Charlayne A. Hunter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAin't Gonna Shuffle No More (1964-1972)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by Gerald Gill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...I'm the Greatest,' a poem by Cassius Clay\"\u003cbr\u003e\"The Greatest,\" by Muhammad Ali with Richard Durham\u003cbr\u003e\"Muhammad Ali-The Measure of a Man,\" from \u003ci\u003eFreedomways\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Paula Giddings\u003cbr\u003eAn Open Letter Sent to Howard President James M. Nabrit\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Tony Gittens\u003cbr\u003e\"The Nature and Needs of the Black University,\" by Gerald McWorter\u003cbr\u003e\"It's Nation Time,\" by Amari Baraka\u003cbr\u003e\"We Must Pave the Way: An Independent Black Political Thrust,\" by Richard Hatcher\u003cbr\u003e\"National Black Political Agenda. The Gary Declaration: Black Politics at the Crossroads\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Nation of Law?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by Gerald Gill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fred Speaks\"\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Akua Njere (Deborah Johnson)\u003cbr\u003e\"Search and Destroy: A Report by the Commission of Inquiry into the Black Panthers and the Police,\" Roy Wilkins and Ramsey Clark, Chairmen\u003cbr\u003e\"The FBI's Efforts to Disrupt and Neutralize the Black Panther Party\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Angela Davis: An Autobiography\"\u003cbr\u003eLetter From George Jackson\u003cbr\u003eAttica Prisoners' Demands\u003cbr\u003e\"Negotiations and Failure,\" by Herman Badillo and Milton Haynes\u003cbr\u003e\"The Brothers of Attica,\" by Richard X. Clark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Thirteen:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Keys to the Kingdom (1974-1980)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by Gerald Gill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStatement to the Boston School Committee, June 11, 1963\u003cbr\u003e\"Death at an Early Age,\" by Jonathan Kozul\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTallulah Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e et al. v. \u003ci\u003eJames W. Hennigan\u003c\/i\u003e et al.\u003cbr\u003eCommencement Address as Howard University by Lyndon B. Johnson\u003cbr\u003eInaugural Address by Mayor Maynard Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\"Can Atlanta Succeed Where America Has Failed? An Exclusive \u003ci\u003eAtlanta\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Interview with Mayor Maynard Jackson as He Completes Hits First 500 Days in Office\"\u003cbr\u003eAmicus Curiae Brief in \u003ci\u003eRegents of University of Californias v. Allan Bakke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRegents University of California v. Allan Bakke\u003c\/i\u003e (The Supreme Court Judgement), June 28, 1978\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRegents University of California v. Allan Bakke\u003c\/i\u003e (Justice Marshall's Dissent), June 28, 1978\u003cbr\u003e\"Whites Say I Must Be on Easy Street,\" by Nell Irvin Painter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Fourteen:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBack to the Movement (1979-mid-1980s)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by Vincent Harding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Historic Look at Our Neighborhoods,\" by the Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida\u003cbr\u003e\"Death Watch,\" by Marvin Dunn\u003cbr\u003e\"Confronting racial Isolation in Miami,\" by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Edward Gardner\u003cbr\u003eHarold Washington's Announcement of Candidacy for the Democratic Nomination for Mayor of Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\"Harold Washington: uniting Chicago for \u003ci\u003eAll\u003c\/i\u003e People\"\u003cbr\u003eHarold Washington's Inaugural Speech\u003cbr\u003e\"Of Harold Washington,\" by Gwendolyn Brooks\u003cbr\u003e\"Address by the Reverend Jesse Jackson,\" Democratic National Connvention, San Francisco, July 17, 1984\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Unita Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\"Platform Presentation by Mayor Henry G. Cisneros,\" Democratic National Convention, San Francisco, July 17, 1984\u003cbr\u003eAddress to the National College and University Student Conference, Shen Tong\u003cbr\u003eAddress by Nelson Mandela\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the General Authors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader\u003c\/i\u003e Publishing Project Staff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEyes on the Prize:\u003c\/i\u003e The Film and Publishing Project\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Sources\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524421919063,"sku":"9780140154030","price":22.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140154030.jpg?v=1731856712","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/eyes-on-the-prize-civil-rights-reader-documents-9780140154030","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}