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FOREWORD
Myrlie Evers-Williams page 6
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INTRODUCTION
“Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare” page 8
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1.
THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT, 1955
“My Soul Is Rested” page 30

2.
LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL HIGH, 1957, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, 1962
“Don't Let Them See You Cry” page 50

3.
SIT-INS AND FREEDOM RIDES, 1960-62
“This Was the Answer” page 66

4.
THE BIRMINGHAM MOVEMENT, 1963
“I Don't Mind Being Bitten by a Dog” page 88

5.
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, 1963
“We Stood on a Height” page 114
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6.
SNCC AND MISSISSIPPI, 1960-64
“A Tremor in the Middle of the Iceberg” page 132

7.
SELMA, 1965
“We Must Go to Montgomery and See the King” page 162

8.
BLACK POWER AND THE MARCH AGAINST FEAR, 1966
“The Oppressed Against the Oppressor” page 192

9.
THE ECLIPSING OF NONVIOLENCE, 1965-68
“It Is Not Over” page 216

Notes and sources page 238

Chronology of the civil rights movement, 1954-68 page 243
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Acknowledgments page 246

Selected Bibliography page 247
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Index page 250