The Civil Rights Reader

This anthology brings together drama, essays, fiction and poetry for readers who want to understand the civil rights movement through its literature. The publisher describes it as tested in classrooms, and its focus on creative writing sets it apart from many collections on the subject.

The selection moves beyond the familiar mid-century years of the 1950s and 1960s. It includes works from the 1890s to the present, which presents the struggle as a long effort to settle what freedom, justice and equality should mean for the nation.

Published by University of Georgia Press, the book suits students and teachers of American literature and history. ISBN-13: 9780820332253.