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202 p. : 23 cm Uses eyewitness accounts, contemporary narratives, and personal anecdotes to present a portrait of black abolitionists and reformers. The term civil rights movement calls to mind the nation-wide effort, spearheaded by Martin Luther King Jr., during the 1950s and 1960s to end racial segregation and racial injustice in the United States. But the struggle for citizenship rights for African Americans predates King's movement by almost two hundred years. This anthology comprises the firsthand experiences of black civil rights advocates before King Contains primary source documents Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index Foreword -- Introduction: Early fight for civil rights: Black abolitionists: Condemnation of the international slave trade / Olaudah Equiano -- Slavery violates the will of God / David Walker -- Slave rebellion / Nat Turner -- Becoming an abolitionist leader / Frederick Douglass -- Woman abolitionist speaks out / Sojourner Truth -- Civil war and reconstruction eras: Assistance for the newly freed slaves / Harriet Jacobs -- Day of celebration for abolitionists / Charlotte Forten Grimke -- Reconstruction and the needs of the American Negro

Author

James Tackach, book editor

Publisher

Farmington Hills, MI

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780737715989

Subjects

Political Science, History, Biography