The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
- ISBN-10
- 0029221307
- ISBN-13
- 9780029221303
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 354
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986-09-15
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Aldon D. Morris
Description
A blending of scholarly research and interviews with many of the figures who launched the civil rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s records the events of the movement's tumultuous first decade
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