Works Cited

Lynching:

Hinojosa, Maria. "Exhibit of Lynching Photos is a Harsh Display of

            Hatred",www.cnn.com., January 18, 2000

Discusses the drama surrounding an exhibit featuring explicit photographs of lynchings. Although some might feel that the exhibit glorifies violence, the author believes that responsibility must be taken for our past, and part of that comes through viewing the graphic reality of lynching.

Perloff, Richard M. "The Press and Lynchings of African-Americans",

        Journal of Black Studies. Vol. 30 No 3, January 2000

This article centered upon the argument that the media was biased in their portrayal of lynchings. The media clearly portrayed the victims as undeserving of any human rights.

Thompson, Mildred. Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Publishers

        c. 1929.

This book included the complete speeches and writings of Ida B. Wells-Barnett. It gave detailed descriptions of her efforts in the fight against lynching.

Civil Rights Movement:

Albert, Peter J. and Ronald Hoffman Ed. We Shall Overcome: Martin Luther 

	King, Jr. and the Black Freedom Struggle. New York: Da Capo Press,

	c. 1990

In We Shall Overcome, scholars and activists from the civil rights years speak about experiences surrounding King and his era. Covered are his early religious conversion, his impact on the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, his place in the history of the African-American church, and the rise in Third World liberation struggles. Contributors include John Hope Franklin, David Garrow, Coretta Scott King, Nathan Huggins, Mary Frances Berry, and others.

Branch, Taylor.  Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963 - 65.

        New York: Simon and Schuster. c. 1998.

Pillar of Fire is a in-depth discussion of many of the events that occurred during the peak of the civil rights movement. It is a continuing work, which follows Parting the Waters, which is an account of the King years from 1954 - 63. Although King is at the heart of this book, strictly speaking, it is not a King biography.