Primary Sources: People - Civil Rights in America: Miscellaneous

Selected Writings of Alexander Crummell on the South

"This book collects for the first time the black freedom movement writings of Jack O'Dell and restores one of the great unsung heroes of the civil rights movement to his rightful place in the historical record."

essays and selected documents

"For nearly five decades his was one of the most powerful voices in the press."

"A black minister from New England, Easton rose to prominence during the 1820s and 1830s by joining in the struggle of free African Americans to resist southern slavery and secure racial equality."

"An instructive autobiography of the former chairwoman of the NAACP and heroic widow of assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers follows her struggles to become educated, raise three children alone, and achieve selfhood."