An incredible, informative, collection of essays, articles, analysis, interviews, primary documents and interactive & interdiscipliinary teaching aids on civil rights, movement building, and what it means for all of the inhabitants of the planet. With sections on education, economic justice, citizenship, and culture, it connects the African-American Civil Rights Movement to Native American, Latina, Asian-American, gay rights, and international struggles; while highlighting the often-ignored roles of women in social justice movements. Packed into nearly 600 oversize pages are photographs, songs, statements, and work form the likes of such great writers, historians, and activists as June Jordan, Grace Lee Boggs, Herbert Kohl, James W Loewen, Bayard Rustin, Rita Dove, Malcolm X, George Jackson, Ward Churchill, Leonard Peltier, Thurgood Marshall, Bill Bigelow, Gwendolyn Brooks, Elizabeth Martinez, Sonia Sanchez, Eric Foner, Marcus Garvey, Manning Marable and dozens more. What a treaure trove. And what a vital (and useful) tool.