My Soul Is a Witness
A Chronicle of the Civil Rights Era, 1954–1964
Bettye Collier-Thomas ; V. P. Franklin
- A
- powerful
- and
- inspiring
- record
- of
- one
- of
- the
- most
- significant
- periods
- in
- America's
- history,
- which
- presents
- the
- full
- historic
- scope
- of
- the
- hard-fought
- battle
- for
- civil
- rights.From
- the
- landmark
- Brown
- v.
- Board
- of
- Education
- decision,
- in
- which
- legal
- segregation
- in
- public
- schools
- was
- declared
- unconstitutional,
- to
- the
- Nashville
- sit-ins
- organized
- by
- the
- Student
- Nonviolent
- Coordinating
- Committee,
- and
- from
- the
- Freedom
- Rides
- to
- the
- March
- on
- Washington,
- to
- the
- subsequent
- passage
- of
- the
- Voting
- Rights
- Act
- of
- 1965-and
- covering
- everything
- in
- between--Bettye
- Collier-Thomas
- and
- V.
- P.
- Franklin's
- My
- Soul
- Is
- a
- Witness
- is
- the
- first
- comprehensive
- chronology
- of
- the
- civil
- rights
- era
- in
- America.This
- unique
- chronology
- extends
- the
- examination
- of
- civil
- rights
- activities
- beyond
- the
- South
- to
- include
- the
- North,
- Midwest,
- and
- Far
- West.
- Although
- Martin
- Luther
- King,
- Jr.
- was
- a
- towering
- figure
- during
- the
- era,
- the
- authors
- shift
- the
- focus
- to
- the
- thousands
- of
- people,
- places,
- and
- events
- that
- encompassed
- the
- Civil
- Rights
- movement.
- Each
- entry
- is
- based
- on
- information
- found
- in
- articles
- and
- reports
- published
- in
- three
- newspaper
- and
- periodical
- sources:
- The
- New
- York
- Times,
- Jet
- Magazine,
- and
- the
- Southern
- School
- News.
- Supplementing
- the
- basic
- chronology
- are
- longer
- features
- that
- explore
- larger
- topics
- in
- more
- depth
- and
- highlight
- issues
- well-known
- at
- the
- time
- but
- unknown
- today
- by
- scholars
- and
- the
- general public.
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