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Author:

Boyd, Herb, 1938-

Title:

We shall overcome / Herb Boyd ; narrated by Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee.

Publisher:

Sourcebooks,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

263 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 2 sound discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).

Subject:

African Americans--History--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--History--20th century--Sources.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century--Sources
Books on compact disc.
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--History--20th century--Sources.
Civil rights demonstrations--United States--History--20th century.
Civil rights demonstrations--United States--History--20th century--Sources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-256) and index.

Contents:

The murder of Emmett Till -- The first march on Washington -- To secure these rights! -- Brown v. Board of Education -- Rosa Parks and the Montgomery improvement association -- The little rock nine -- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- Sit down for your rights -- Riders in the storm -- The student nonviolent coordinating committee (SNCC) -- Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round -- Meredith in Mississippi -- "Bombingham" -- Medgar Evers -- The march on Washington -- Four little black girls in white -- Mississippi Goddam -- Fannie Lou Hamer and the MFDP -- Selma, Alabama -- Black power! -- King in Chicago and against the war -- Black panther party -- I've seen the promised land.

Summary:

This dramatic evocation of the forever poignant and courageous struggle of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s is told in words, pictures, and the voices of participants, and is accompanied by two audio CDs.

ISBN:

9781402202131 (alk. paper)
140220213X (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2004012509

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

TSPC862 -- Norma Anders Public Library (Dysart)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

YGPC162 -- West Branch Public Library (West Branch)