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Origins of the Civil Rights Movements

The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement A "valuable, eye-opening work" ("The Boston Globe") about the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s.On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Mrs. Rosa Parks, weary after a long day at work, refused to give up her bus seat to a white man...and ignited the explosion that was the civil rights movement in America. In this powerful saga, Morris tells the complete story behind the ten years ... Full description

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