A traveler's guide to the civil rights movement / Jim Carrier.

Author/creator Carrier, Jim, 1944-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoOrlando : Harcourt, ©2004.
Descriptionxv, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
African Americans--Civil rights. --History. --20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States. --History. --20th century.
African Americans--History.
Historic sites--Southern States. --Guidebooks.
Historic sites--Middle Atlantic States. --Guidebooks.
Southern States--Tours.
Middle Atlantic States--Tours.

Contents Washington D.C. -- A matter of law -- The pioneering Military -- Virginia -- Pocahontas -- The role of the media -- North Carolina -- Nonviolent? Not always -- The thirst for education -- South Carolina -- Jim Crow in a nutshell -- Terrorism - now and them -- About the Gullahs -- Georgia -- Black institutions led the way -- The women of the movement -- Florida -- Sports heroes and civil rights -- Alabama -- Freedom riders -- The right to vote -- Mississippi -- Ordinary icons -- The vote -- Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee -- The music of civil rights -- Other states, other sites -- Brown v. Board of Education.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 355-360) and index.
LCCN 2003015557
ISBN015602697X
ISBN9780156026970