The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle

by: Carson, Clayborne; Garrow, David J.; Gill, Gerald; Harding, Vincent; Hine, Darlene Clark

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0140154035
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Copyright: 11/01/1991
Publisher: Penguin Books

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Summary

"An important volume for students and professionals who wish to grasp the basic nature of the Civil Rights Movement and how it changed America in fundamental ways."--Aldon Morris, Northwestern Univ. The Eyes on the Prize Reader brings together the most comprehensive anthology of primary sources available, spanning the entire history of the Civil Rights Movement. "A remarkable collection...Indispensable."--William H. Harris, Texas Southern Univ.

Prologue

We the People: The Long Journey Toward a More Perfect Union

(227)

Vincent Harding

Awakenings (1954--1956)

(26)

Introduction

Vincent Harding

Articles on the Emmett Till Case

(4)

``Coming of Age in Mississippi,''

(3)

Anne Moody

A Letter from the Women's Political Council to the Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama

(1)

Interview with Rosa Parks

(2)

``The Movement Gathers Momentum,''

(1)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Speech

(3)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

``At Holt Street Baptist Church,''

(3)

Joe Azbell

Resolution of the Citizens' Mass Meeting, December 5, 1955

(2)

``The Violence of Desperate Men,''

(1)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

``Desegregation at Last,''

(4)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Fighting Back (1957--1962)

(46)

Introduction

Darlene Clark Hine

Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al.

(10)

``How Children Learn About Race,''

(8)

Kenneth B. Clark

``The Atlanta Declaration,''

(1)

``Black Monday: Segregation or Amalgamation...America Has Its Choice,''

(12)

Tom P. Brady

Brown v. Board of Education---The Implementation Decision

(2)

``The Long Shadow of Little Rock,''

(6)

Daisy Bates

A Roundtable Discussion

103

(4)

Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960--1961)

107

(26)

Introduction

Clayborne Carson

``Is Violence Necessary to Combat Injustice? For the Positive: Williams Says `We Must Fight Back,' ''

110

(2)

Robert F. Williams

``The Social Organization of Non-Violence,''

112

(2)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Interview with Franklin McCain

114

(3)

``An Appeal for Human Rights''

117

(2)

``Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Statement of Purpose''

119

(1)

``Bigger than a Hamburger,''

120

(2)

Ella J. Baker

``A Conference on the Sit-Ins,''

122

(2)

Ted Dienstfrey

``In Pursuit of Freedom,''

124

(3)

William Mahoney

Interview with Robert Zellner

127

(3)

``Eve of Nonviolent Revolution?,''

130

(3)

James M. Lawson, Jr.

No Easy Walk (1961-1963)

133

(33)

Introduction

David J. Garrow

Organizing in Albany, Georgia

138

(2)

Charles Sherrod

Letter from the Albany Movement to the Albany City Commission, January 23, 1962

140

(3)

Interview with Bernice Reagon

143

(3)

Letter from Albany Merchant Leonard Gilberg to Albany Police Chief Laurie Pritchett, July 23, 1962

146

(1)

``Birmingham: People in Motion,''

147

(4)

Wiretap Transcript of Phone Conversation Between Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King, April 15, 1963

151

(2)

``Letter from Birmingham City Jail,''

153

(6)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Birmingham Truce Agreement, May 10, 1963

159

(1)

President John F. Kennedy's Nationally Televised Speech, June 11, 1963

160

(3)

Original Text of Speech to Be Delivered at the Lincoln Memorial

163

(3)

John Lewis

Mississippi: Is This America? (1962--1964)

166

(29)

Introduction

Clayborne Carson

``Mississippi: 1961--1962,''

170

(6)

Robert Moses

``To Praise Our Bridges,''

176

(3)

Fannie Lou Hamer

``Interim Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, April 16, 1963''

179

(1)

``Freedom Summer,''

180

(6)

Sally Belfrage

``Mississippi at Atlantic City,''

186

(4)

Charles M. Sherrod

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Brief Report on Guinea

190

(5)

James Forman

``The Trip,''

195

(9)

John Lewis

Donald Harris

``To Mississippi Youth,''

200

(1)

Malcolm X

``From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement,''

201

(3)

Bayard Rustin

Bridge To Freedom (1965)

204

(24)

Introduction

David J. Garrow

``Early Attempts at Betterment,''

208

(1)

Amelia Platts Boynton

``Selma, Alabama,''

209

(2)

Bernard Lafayette

``A Letter from a Selma, Alabama, Jail,''

211

(2)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

``Midnight Plane to Alabama: Journey of Conscience,''

213

(4)

George B. Leonard

SNCC-SCLC Relations

217

(4)

James Forman

Personal Letter from Muriel and Art Lewis to Her Mother, Selma, Alabama, March 19, 1965

221

(3)

``Our God Is Marching On!''

Martin Luther King, Jr.

224

(4)

INTERLUDE WE THE PEOPLE: The Struggle Continues

228

(495)

Vincent Harding

The Time Has Come (1964--1966)

244

(44)

Introduction

Clayborne Carson

``Message to the Grass Roots,''

248

(13)

Malcolm X

``Malcolm,''

261

(1)

Sonia Sanchez

``Black Belt Election: New Day A'Coming,''

262

(7)

Stokely Carmichael

Charles V. Hamilton

Lowndes County Freedom Organization Pamphlet

269

(4)

``How the Black Panther Party Was Organized,''

273

(6)

John Hulett

``From Black Consciousness to Black Power,''

279

(3)

Cleveland Sellers

Robert Terrell

``What We Want,''

282

(4)

Stokely Carmichael

``Black Power: A Voice Within,''

286

(2)

Ruth Turner Perot

Two Societies (1965--1968)

288

(45)

Introduction

Darlene Clark Hine

``A Proposal by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for the Development of a Nonviolent Action Movement for the Greater Chicago Area''

291

(9)

Demands Placed on the Door of Chicago City Hall

300

(3)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

``Agreement of the Subcommittee to the Conference on Fair Housing Convened by the Chicago Conference on Religion and Race''

303

(7)

Interview with Linda Bryant Hall

310

(6)

``Profiles of Disorder...Detroit''

316

(7)

``A Man's Life,''

323

(10)

Roger Wilkins

Power! (1966--1968)

333

(50)

Introduction

Gerald Gill

``Taking Over,''

338

(3)

Carl B. Stokes

Interview with Thompson J. ``Mike'' Gaines

341

(2)

Interview with Geraldine Williams

343

(2)

``The Founding of the Black Panther Party'' and ``Patrolling,''

345

(3)

Huey P. Newton

``Seize the Time,''

348

(13)

Bobby Seale

Interview with Dolores Torres

361

(1)

``A JHS 271 Teacher Tell It Like He Sees It,''

362

(14)

Charles S. Isaacs

Interview with Karriema Jordan

376

(1)

``Anti-Semitism?---A Statement by the Teachers of Ocean Hill-Brownsville to the People of New York''

377

(6)

The Promised Land(1967--1968)

383

(56)

Introduction

David J. Garrow

``A Time to Break Silence,''

387

(6)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

``Conversation with Martin Luther King''

393

(16)

``I See the Promised Land,''

409

(10)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

``My Last Letter to Martin,''

419

(7)

Ralph David Abernathy

``On the Case in Resurrection City,''

426

(13)

Charlayne A. Hunter

Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More (1964--1972)

439

(61)

Introduction

Gerald Gill

``...`I'm the Greatest,' a poem

443

(1)

Cassius Clay''

``The Greatest,''

444

(14)

Muhammad Ali

Richard Durham

``Muhammad Ali---The Measure of a Man,'' from Freedomways

458

(2)

Interview with Paula Giddings

460

(2)

An Open Letter Sent to Howard President James M. Nabrit

462

(3)

Interview with Tony Gittens

465

(5)

``The Nature and Needs of the Black University,''

470

(10)

Gerald McWorter

``It's Nation Time,''

480

(2)

Amiri Baraka

``We Must Pave the Way: An Independent Black Political Thrust,''

482

(11)

Richard Hatcher

``National Black Political Agenda. The Gary Declaration: Black Politics at the Crossroads''

493

(7)

A Nation of Law? (1968--1971)

500

(91)

Introduction

Gerald Gill

``Fred Speaks''

504

(5)

Interview with Akua Njere (Deborah Johnson)

509

(8)

``Search and Destroy: A Report by the Commission of Inquiry into the Black Panthers and the Police,''

517

(12)

Roy Wilkins

Ramsey Clark

``The FBI's Efforts to Disrupt and Neutralize the Black Panther Party''

529

(10)

``Angela Davis: An Autobiography''

539

(9)

Letter from George Jackson

548

(9)

Attica Prisoners' Demands

557

(3)

``Negotiations and Failure,''

560

(26)

Herman Badillo

Milton Haynes

``The Brothers of Attica,''

586

(5)

Richard X. Clark

The Keys to the Kingdom (1974--1980)

591

(65)

Introduction

Gerald Gill

Statement to the Boston School Committee, June 11, 1963

596

(7)

``Death at an Early Age,''

603

(6)

Jonathan Kozol

Tallulah Morgan et al. v. James W. Hennigan et al.

609

(2)

Commencement Address at Howard University

611

(3)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Inaugural Address

614

(4)

Mayor Maynard Jackson

``Can Atlanta Succeed Where America Has Failed? An Exclusive Atlanta Magazine Interview with Mayor Maynard Jackson as He Completes His First 500 Days in Office''

618

(7)

Amicus Curiae Brief in Regents of University of California v. Allan Bakke

625

(6)

Regents of University of California v. Allan Bakke (The Supreme Court Judgment), June 28, 1978

631

(3)

Regents of University of California v. Allan Bakke (Justice Marshall's Dissent), June 28, 1978

634

(17)

``Whites Say I Must Be on Easy Street,''

651

(5)

Nell Irvin Painter

Back To the Movement (1979--mid-1980s)

656

(67)

Introduction

Vincent Harding

``A Historic Look at Our Neighborhoods,''

663

(3)

``Death Watch,''

666

(16)

Marvin Dunn

``Confronting Racial Isolation in Miami,''

682

(5)

Interview with Edward Gardner

687

(4)

Harold Washington's Announcement of Candidacy for the Democratic Nomination for Mayor of Chicago

691

(3)

``Harold Washington: Uniting Chicago for All People''

694

(4)

Harold Washington's Inaugural Speech

698

(4)

``Of Harold Washington,''

702

(3)

Gwendolyn Brooks

``Address by the Reverend Jesse Jackson,''

705

(5)

Interview with Unita Blackwell

710

(1)

``Platform Presentation Mayor Henry G. Cisneros,''

711

(1)

Address to the National College and University Student Conference, Shen Tong

712

(6)

Address

718

(5)

Nelson Mandela

ABOUT THE GENERAL EDITORS

723

(6)

The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader Publishing Project Staff

725

(2)

Eyes on the Prize: The Film and Publishing Project

727

(2)

Notes on Sources

729

(14)

Index

743

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