The killing of 69 black South Africans on March 21st, 1960 was a turning point: the world judged apartheid to be morally bankrupt and the political agitation that ensued would eventually overturn white supremacy.
John A. Kirk recalls the dramatic events at Little Rock, Arkansas, when a stand-off over the granting of black students access to integrated education brought the civil rights agenda to international attention.
Andrew Boxer traces the assimilation policies, indigenous rights, and the changing relationship between the US government and Native Americans.
White South Africans who fought in the long ‘Border War’ to maintain apartheid now find themselves in a country run by their former enemies. Gary Baines examines their continuing struggle to come to terms with the conflict and their efforts to have their voices heard.
John Kirk charts the progress of the civil rights movement through its most prominent body, the NAACP.
Jim Downs says that the Democrats should blame history for the dilemma they face in having to choose between Clinton and Obama for this year’s presidential nomination.
The civil rights leader was shot dead on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel on April 4th, 1968.
Mark Rathbone examines the importance of one Alabama town’s contribution to the civil rights movement.
Janet Copeland focuses on an important figure in the emancipation of British women.
Viv Sanders corrects the male bias in the study of the civil rights movement in the USA.
