"A Robert Lavelle book." "This edition with a new preface, introduction, and epilogue"--t.p. verso. "The companion volume to the PBS television series"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-306 and index.

This compelling oral history of the first ten years of the Civil Rights movement is a tribute to the men and women, both black and white, who took part in the fight for justice and kept their eyes on the prize of freedom. God bless the child: the story of school desegregation -- Standing for justice: Mississippi and the Till case -- We're not moving to the back, Mr. Blake: the Montgomery bus boycott -- Hall monitors from the 101st: the Little Rock story -- Down freedom's main line: the movement's next generation -- Freedom in the air: the lessons of Albany and Birmingham -- March on Washington -- Mississippi: Freedom has never been free -- Selma: the bridge to freedom -- Epilogue.