Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965
- ISBN-10
- 110163930X
- ISBN-13
- 9781101639306
- Series
- Eyes on the Prize
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09-03
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Juan Williams
Description
Eyes on the Prize traces the movement from the landmark Brown v. the Board of Education case in 1954 to the march on Selma and the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. This is a companion volume to the first part of the acclaimed PBS series.
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- 2002
- 324 pages
- Paperback
- Penguin Paperbacks
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