Civil Rights Movement: Opposing Viewpoints

By William Dudley

A collection of primary source documents that express a variety of views on the civil rights movement, including those of demonstrators, segregationists, movement leaders, Supreme Court justices, and journalists.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565103696
• ISBN13: 9781565103696
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Greenhaven Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book

There are 6 main chapters: Chapter 1: Precursors of the Civil Rights Movement (6 viewpoints) Chapter 2: Desegregating the Schools (4 viewpoints) Chapter 3: Means and Goals of the Civil Rights Movement (10 viewpoints) Chapter 4: Debates on National Civil Rights Acts (4 viewpoints) Chapter 5: From Civil Rights to Black Power (4 viewpoints) Chapter 6: Two Historians Examine the Civil Rights Movement (2 viewpoints) I grew up in the South and textbooks omit much history on the subject. This book provided a great sampling of speeches, letters, and articles on all the above topics. Each essay provided a different viewpoint from prominent black leaders, judges, presidents, and more. I learned a lot about the Civil Rights Movement by reading the ideas of others. I was born more than a decade after the assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Medgar Evers. To hear from the people who faced the struggle first-hand was eye-opening and moved me deeply.