From acclaimed author patricia hruby powell comes the story of a landmark civil rights case told in spare and gorgeous verse in 1955 in caroline county virginia amidst segregation and prejudice injustice and cruelty two teenagers fell in love.

The civil rights movement also known as the american civil rights movement and other terms in the united states was a decadeslong struggle with the goal of enforcing constitutional and legal rights for african americans that other americans already enjoyed.

the civil war the awardwinning film produced and directed by ken burns was rebroadcast as a newly restored highdefinition version in september of 2015.

Product description eyes on the prize tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of american life and embodied a struggle whose reverberations continue to be felt today.

civil rights leaders are influential figures in the promotion and implementation of political freedom and the expansion of personal civil liberties and rights.

The american civil liberties union aclu is a national organization that works daily in courts legislatures and communities to defend the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the constitution and laws of the united states.

Span classnews_dt02022011spannbsp018332history of the civil rights movement beginning with the end of the us civil war in 1865 african americans toiled to reach equal status in the eyes of the law.

ken burnss documentary depicts the action of famous civil war battles and relates the stories of soldiers generals and a beleaguered president beginning with an examination of slavery this episode looks at the causes of the war and the burning questions of union and states rights the year.

Table of sources of the bill of rights selected works of the levellers and their allies 164556 english bill of rights 1689 december 16.