A History of the Civil Rights Movement

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Copyright © 2013 by Mason Crest, an imprint of National Highlights, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmit ted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photo copying, recording, taping, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the publisher. Printed and bound in the United States of America. CPSIA Compliance Information: Batch #MBC2012-12. For further information, contact Mason Crest at 1-866-MCP-Book. First printing 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Perry, M. LaVora. A history of the civil rights movement / M. LaVora Perry. p. cm. — (Major black contributions from emancipation to civil rights) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4222-2382-6 (hc) ISBN 978-1-4222-2395-6 (pb) 1. African Americans—Civil rights—History—20th century—Juvenile literature. 2. Civil rights movements—History—20th century—Juvenile literature. 3. United States—Race relations—Juvenile literature. I. Title. E185.61.P434 2012 323.1196'07309046—dc23 2011051952 Publisher’s note: All quotations in this book are taken from original sources, and contain the spelling and grammatical inconsistencies of the original texts. Picture credits: Library of Congress: 3, 8, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 28, 32, 34, 36, 39, 41, 42, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 55, 58; courtesy Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library: 51; National Archives: 23; © 2012 Photos.com, a division of Getty Images: 12; Danny E Hooks / Shutterstock.com: 7; Wikimedia Commons: 38. Author’s Note: For answering my questions, thank you Rhonda Y. Williams, Ph D., Case Western Reserve University’s director. Also, thank you to Nancy Todd Noches and Ramon Todd Noches for sharing your rich history with me. Thanks to Cheryl Brown Henderson for helping me find the Nocheses. Big love and thanks to Cedric, Nia, Jarod, Jahci for your love and patience and to Daddy and Ma, Elder Rudolph Perry, Sr. and Mattie M. Perry for everything.