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Summary

It wasn’t that long ago that black citizens had to move to the back of the bus. In this stirring collection, NPR tells stories large and small: of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and the March on Washington; of Pullman porters, an invaluable green book, and women who baked pies to support the Montgomery bus boycott. Personal recollections and historical accounts paint vivid pictures of individuals and events that transformed a nation.Contents:Introduction by Michele NorrisRosa ParksThe Club from Nowhere: Cooking for Civil Rights‘The Forgotten Hero’ of the Civil Rights MovementThe First Civil Rights Bus BoycottBefore Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette ColvinFormer Pullman Porter Subtly Confronted Racism‘Green Book’ Helped African Americans Travel SafelyJim Crow: Blacks Survived with DignityThe Power of Pictures in the Struggle for Civil RightsEmmett Till and the Impact of ImagesMahalia Jackson: Voice of the Civil Rights MovementWallace in the Schoolhouse DoorBreaking the Color BarrierSound Vault: The Civil Rights ActMississippi 1964: Civil Rights and UnrestJames Farmer and the Freedom SummerFreedom RidersRep. John Lewis on Prosecuting the PastThe Legacy of Medgar EversJulian Bond RemembersLooking Back to Hear Malcolm XDorothy Height Sees Dream Come TrueRadio History: March on Washington RecalledRemembering King and the ‘Fierce Urgency of Now’Martin Luther King, ‘At Canaan’s Edge’

Duration: about 3 hours (03:01:00)
Publishing date: 2011-12-06; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2011. Copyright Statment: —

• Humanities & Social Sciences
• The Arts