Resurrection

Table of Contents: “…American Dream for African Americans (2:59) -- African American Condition (2:36) -- A Long Way to Go (3:22) -- Easter Recitation Speeches (3:04) -- Traditional Strengths of Black Family (3:39) -- New Challenges for Children (4:23) -- Community Values (3:16) -- Brown vs Board of Education (3:42) -- Scenes of Integrated Classrooms (3:49) -- Effort to Disenfranchise (2:37) -- Department of Injustice (1:29) -- Conflict between NAACP and KKK (3:28) -- Current Issues for Black Citizens (2:33) -- Then and Now (3:27) -- Credits: Resurrection (1:04)…”
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Black power and Palestine : transnational countries of color by Fischbach, Michael R.

Table of Contents: “…Black internationalism : Malcolm X and the rise of global solidarity -- The fire this time : SNCC, Jews, and the demise of the beloved community -- Reformers not revolutionaries : the NAACP, Bayard Rustin, and Israel -- Balanced and guarded : Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Arab-Israeli tightrope -- The power of words : the Black Arts movement and a new narrative -- Struggle and revolution : the Black Panthers and the guerrilla image -- Middle East symbiosis : Israelis, Arabs, and African-Americans -- Red, white, and black : communists, guerrillas, and the black mainstream -- A seat at the table : Andrew Young and black foreign policy -- Looking over Jordan : Joseph Lowery, Jesse Jackson, and Yasir Arafat.…”
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Lion in the lobby : Clarence Mitchell, Jr.'s struggle for the passage of civil rights laws by Watson, Denton L.

Table of Contents: “…Part one : journey toward the promised land -- Trauma of a lynching -- Covering the Scottsboro trials -- A star is a small reward -- Neither north nor south -- A man is molded -- The FEPC grail -- NAACP labor secretary -- Taking command -- All-out attack on segregation -- Confronting the agony -- Shifting strategy -- At the crossroads -- Breakthrough -- The undaunted optimist -- Part two : fulfilling a dream -- Challenge of the new frontier -- Honing political support -- Guiding the forces through the turbulence -- The 1964 Act : a dream realized -- The man on the totem pole -- Acclaimed the 101st senator -- Confronting the politics of reaction.…”


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The Evers.

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The National Urban League, 1910-1940 by Weiss, Nancy J. (Nancy Joan), 1944-

Table of Contents: “…1. 1910-1918 : The origins of racial protest and reform, 1890-1905 ; Forerunners of the urban league ; Toward consolidation: the committee on urban conditions among negroes ; Progressivism and racial reform: the NAACP and the national urban league ; Training blacks for urban social service ; Finding a footing ; The great migration ; The urban league responds ; Restructuring a national movement -- 2. 1918-1929 : Entering the postwar decade ; Social services in the cities ; Integrating white capitalism ; The urban league and the AFL ; The power of facts -- 3. 1929-1940 : Depression: first fired, last hired ; Vocational opportunity ; The urban league and the new deal ; Labor: a new radicalism? …”


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Lift up thy voice : the Grimké family's journey from slaveholders to civil rights leaders by Perry, Mark, 1950-

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Liberty on Trial in America: Cases That Defined Freedom. Episode 11, Segregation on Trial.

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The Road to Brown

Table of Contents: “…Ferguson (1:34) -- Separate But Equal (1:53) -- Jim Crow Violence (1:13) -- Charles Hamilton Houston: Early Life & Education (1:27) -- Houston's WWI Duty & Civil Rights Epiphany (2:08) -- Houston at Harvard Law (1:04) -- Houston as Dean of Howard University (1:33) -- Houston & NAACP (1:35) -- Houston's Long-Term Strategy (1:06) -- Houston's NAACP Documentary Project (0:57) -- First Victory: Murray v. …”
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From every mountainside : black churches and the broad terrain of civil rights

Table of Contents: “…Black church divisions and civil rights activism in Chicago / James R. Ralph, Jr. -- The NAACP, Black churches, and the struggle for Black empowerment in New Haven, 1955-1961 / Yohuru R. …”
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The Road to Brown

Table of Contents: “…Ferguson (1:34) -- Separate But Equal (1:53) -- Jim Crow Violence (1:13) -- Charles Hamilton Houston: Early Life & Education (1:27) -- Houston's WWI Duty & Civil Rights Epiphany (2:08) -- Houston at Harvard Law (1:04) -- Houston as Dean of Howard University (1:33) -- Houston & NAACP (1:35) -- Houston's Long-Term Strategy (1:06) -- Houston's NAACP Documentary Project (0:57) -- First Victory: Murray v. …”
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The road to Brown

Table of Contents: “…Ferguson (1:34) -- Separate But Equal (1:53) -- Jim Crow Violence (1:13) -- Charles Hamilton Houston: Early Life & Education (1:27) -- Houston's WWI Duty & Civil Rights Epiphany (2:08) -- Houston at Harvard Law (1:04) -- Houston as Dean of Howard University (1:33) -- Houston & NAACP (1:35) -- Houston's Long-Term Strategy (1:06) -- Houston's NAACP Documentary Project (0:57) -- First Victory: Murray v. …”
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Profiles in humanity : the battle for peace, freedom, equality, and human rights by Cohen, Warren I.

Table of Contents: “…Mahatma Gandhi and nonviolent resistance -- Václav Havel and the power of the powerless -- Aung San Suu Kyi, martyr for democracy -- Margaret Sanger and the liberation of women -- Muslim feminists -- Jack Greenberg and the NAACP-Legal Defense Fund -- Martin Luther King, Jr., and the struggle for racial equality -- Donald Woods, Bram Fischer, Helen Suzman and the fight against apartheid -- Nelson Mandela : grace in victory -- Holocaust rescuers -- Pope John XXIII and Catholic humanism -- Mikhail Gorbachev, Andrei Sakharov, and human rights in Europe -- Liu Binyan : the quest for truth and justice in China -- Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt and the welfare state -- Muhammad Yunus, microfinance, and an end to poverty.…”
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We must not be afraid to be free : stories of free expression in America by Collins, Ronald K. L.

Table of Contents: “…Meiklejohn : Alexander Meiklejohn and First Amendment theories -- "The final jury of the nation" : Daniel Ellsberg and national security -- Fighting times and fighting faiths : Eugene Dennis and the clear and present danger -- Saving the NAACP : Robert Carter and the (Civil) right to association -- Crosses and crises : Edward Cleary and hate speech -- Striking back at the birchers : Elmer Gertz and defamation -- Saving old glory : Gregory Johnson and flag desecration -- Count-me-ins and count-me-outs : Mary Beth Tinker and student speech.…”
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The Second American Revolution. Part 2

Table of Contents: “…Constitution: Separate but Equal (3:19) -- WWII and Racism (5:50) -- Harry Truman and Civil Rights (4:35) -- Howard University Law School (4:36) -- NAACP and Segregation (6:40) -- Martin Luther King, Jr. and Non-Violence (3:33) -- Rosa Parks (4:00) -- Black Protesters (5:20) -- 1963: Malcolm X (4:18) -- March on Washington (3:32) -- Black Struggle vs. …”
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We must not be afraid to be free stories of free expression in America by Collins, Ronald K. L.

Table of Contents: “…Meiklejohn : Alexander Meiklejohn and First Amendment theories -- "The final jury of the nation" : Daniel Ellsberg and national security -- Fighting times and fighting faiths : Eugene Dennis and the clear and present danger -- Saving the NAACP : Robert Carter and the (Civil) right to association -- Crosses and crises : Edward Cleary and hate speech -- Striking back at the birchers : Elmer Gertz and defamation -- Saving old glory : Gregory Johnson and flag desecration -- Count-me-ins and count-me-outs : Mary Beth Tinker and student speech.…”
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The Second American Revolution. Part 2

Table of Contents: “…Constitution: Separate but Equal (3:19) -- WWII and Racism (5:50) -- Harry Truman and Civil Rights (4:35) -- Howard University Law School (4:36) -- NAACP and Segregation (6:40) -- Martin Luther King, Jr. and Non-Violence (3:33) -- Rosa Parks (4:00) -- Black Protesters (5:20) -- 1963: Malcolm X (4:18) -- March on Washington (3:32) -- Black Struggle vs. …”
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Profiles in humanity the battle for peace, freedom, equality, and human rights by Cohen, Warren I.

Table of Contents: “…Mahatma Gandhi and nonviolent resistance -- Václav Havel and the power of the powerless -- Aung San Suu Kyi, martyr for democracy -- Margaret Sanger and the liberation of women -- Muslim feminists -- Jack Greenberg and the NAACP-Legal Defense Fund -- Martin Luther King, Jr., and the struggle for racial equality -- Donald Woods, Bram Fischer, Helen Suzman and the fight against apartheid -- Nelson Mandela : grace in victory -- Holocaust rescuers -- Pope John XXIII and Catholic humanism -- Mikhail Gorbachev, Andrei Sakharov, and human rights in Europe -- Liu Binyan : the quest for truth and justice in China -- Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt and the welfare state -- Muhammad Yunus, microfinance, and an end to poverty.…”
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Lion in the lobby : Clarence Mitchell, Jr.'s struggle for the passage of civil rights laws by Watson, Denton L.

Table of Contents: “…Launching a Career ; 7. The FEPC Grail ; 8. NAACP Labor Secretary ; 9. Taking Command ; 10. All-Out Attack on Segregation ; 11. …”
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Mississippi, America legal battles of the freedom summer

Table of Contents: “…Civil Rights (2:04) -- Black Lawyer Volunteers for Civil Rights Work (2:20) -- National Lawyers Guild vs. NAACP (2:27) -- First Civil Rights Cases in Mississippi (5:28) -- Non-Violent Sit-In Protests Influx of White Lawyers (4:42) -- Lawyers Battle Segregation in Mississippi (2:54) -- Volunteers Risk Arrest to Bail Out Others in Mississippi (3:38) -- Mississippi: Police and KKK in Collusion (3:28) -- 1965: Voting Rights Act (2:23) -- Political Institutions Conspire to Keep Blacks from Congressional Representation (4:26) -- Mississippi Redistricting Unravels (2:16) -- Black Elected Officials in Mississippi (2:21) -- Grassroots Organizations vs. …”
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John Brown still lives! : America's long reckoning with violence, equality, & change by Gilpin, R. Blakeslee

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : cause and consequence : John Brown in nineteenth-century America -- Some definite plan : the early life of John Brown -- The final arbiter : Bleeding Kansas and the creation of the old hero -- Not buried but planted : cultivating the legend of John Brown -- A saint in suspense : competing visions of John Brown -- Discrimination and destiny : John Brown and the NAACP -- The soul rests : Stephen Vincent Benét and the silencing of John Brown's body -- The fugitive imagination : a John Brown for the old South -- Revising Kansas : John Steuart Curry and the fanaticism of John Brown -- Together under arms : Jacob Lawrence paints Black history -- Epilogue. …”
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