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A history of the contemporary civil rights movement in the United States, including a chronology of key events, brief biographical information on two centuries of African-American leaders, and excerpts from King's speeches and writings. (November 1998 )

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Slavery Spreads to America 
""Three-fifths of other Persons: ""A Promise Deferred""                                               
""Separate but Equal: ""African Americans Respond to the Failure of Reconstruction                                           
Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall Launch the Legal Challenge to Segregation
""We have a Movement""
""It Cannot Continue: "" Establishing Legal Equality                                   
Epilogue