About the Author

Stewart Burns, historian and resident fellow at Stanford University and former editor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers, is coeditor of Birth of a New Age, 1955-1956, volume 3 of The Papers of Martin Luther King Jr., and author of Social Movements of the 1960s: Searching for Democracy.

Reviews

An insightful documentary history of the nation s most successful nonviolent mass protest. "Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"

An insightful documentary history of the nation 's most successful nonviolent mass protest. "Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"

An insightful documentary history of the nation_s most successful nonviolent mass protest. "Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"

An insightful documentary history of the nationa[s most successful nonviolent mass protest. "Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"

�A� rich documentary history of a crucial episode during the civil rights movement."Florida Historical Quarterly"

�A� treasure trove of possibilities for any teacher who uses primary sources."Journal of American History"

A skillfully edited, handsomely designed volume that will be proven useful to anyone interested in the civil rights movement."Journal of Southern History"

An insightful documentary history of the nations most successful nonviolent mass protest. "Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"

"A skillfully edited, handsomely designed volume that will be proven useful to anyone interested in the civil rights movement."Journal of Southern History""

[A] rich documentary history of a crucial episode during the civil rights movement."Florida Historical Quarterly"

[A] treasure trove of possibilities for any teacher who uses primary sources."Journal of American History"

An insightful documentary history of the nationUs most successful nonviolent mass protest. "Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"

Provides an intimate yet thorough analysis of a moment in the Civil Rights Movement."West Coast Review of Books"