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2005
| A unique catalog of historic civil rights events, This Day in Civil Rights History details the struggles, sacrifices, and triumphs on the road to equal rights for all U.S. citizens. From the Quakers' 17th-century antislavery resolution, to slave uprisings during the Civil War, to the infamous Orangeburg Massacre in 1968, and beyond, authors Horace Randall Williams and Ben Beard present a vivid collection of 365 events-one for every day of the year-chronicling African Americans' battle for human ....[more] |
2006
| "One day, I went to the slave market and watched em barter off po' niggers lak they was hogs," said George Lycurgas, as recalled by his son, Edward. "Whole families sold together, and some was split-mother gone to one marster and father and children gone to others. They'd bring a slave out on the platform and open his mouth, pound his chest, make him harden his muscles so the buyer could see what he was gittin'." |
2000
| This series introduces children (approximate reading level grade four and up) to the lives of African Americans who have made their marks in the arts, law, politics, sports, science, business, and other fields. Some of the subjects are household names, others are less familiar but have lived equally noteworthy lives. |
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