Cover of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965

Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965

Eyes on the Prizetraces the movement from the landmark Brown v. the Board of Educationcase 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.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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