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From the bestselling author of Eyes on the Prize, here is the definitive biography of the great lawyer and Supreme Court justice.

A companion to the PBS series, This Far by Faith isthe story of how religious faith inspired the greatest social movementin American history -- the U.S. Civil Rights movement.

Hailed upon publication as a beautiful, seminal book on the role of the church in the African American community as well as on the social history of America, This Far by Faith reveals the deep religious conviction that empowered a people viewed as powerless to blaze a path to freedom and deliverance, to stand and be counted in this one nation under God. Here are the stories of politics, tent...

A comprehensive and definitive guide to America's 107 historically black colleges and universities, this commemorative gift book explores the historical, social, and cultural importance of the nation's HBCUs and celebrates their rich legacy.

Included in this one-of-a-kind collection are:

• Detailed profiles of each HBCU
• Illuminating portraits of distinguished HBCU graduates such as Leontyne Price, Thurgood Marshall, Spike Lee, and Oprah Winfrey
• Little-known anecdotes about pre-Civil War efforts to educate blacks, such as how a white pastor...

In the civil rights movement, 1964 was the year of Freedom Summer. On June 21, Mississippi, one of the last bastions of segregation in America and a bloody battleground in the fight for civil rights, reached the low point in its history. On that steamy night three young activists were abducted and murdered in Neshoba County near the small town of Philadelphia.

Their names were James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. Two were from the North and labeled locally as -outside agitators.- Chaney was a Mississippi black. The murders not only shook the nation and shamed the state of...

In the civil rights movement, 1964 was the year of Freedom Summer. On June 21, Mississippi, one of the last bastions of segregation in America and a bloody battleground in the fight for civil rights, reached the low point in its history. On that steamy night, three young activists were abducted and murdered in Neshoba County near the small town of Philadelphia.

Their names were James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. Two were from the North and labeled locally as -outside agitators.- Chaney was a Mississippi black. The murders not only shook the nation and shamed the state...