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Eyes on the Prize (Penguin Books for History: U.S.) Paperback - 1999
by Williams
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Arguably the most tumultuous time in recent American history, the Civil Rights years inspired the most rational and irrational of human behaviors and set the stage for sweeping reform in the nation's race relations. Juan Williams's moving chronicle of the movement stands as the definitive history of the era.
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- Title Eyes on the Prize (Penguin Books for History: U.S.)
- Author Williams
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 300
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Pearson, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1999-11-26
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0140096531-3-24419394
- ISBN 9780140096538 / 0140096531
- Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
- Dimensions 9.18 x 7.5 x 0.64 in (23.32 x 19.05 x 1.63 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1140
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Civil rights - History
- Dewey Decimal Code 323.097
Summary
Eyes on the Prize traces the movement from the landmark Brown v. the Board of Education case in 1954 to the march on Selma and the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. This is a companion volume to the first part of the acclaimed PBS series.
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Although Charles Houston carried a 16-mm movie camera with him wherever he went, no one would mistake him for a typical northern tourist visiting the South.