"The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under--but Dickie is spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife, Imelda, is selling off her jewelry on eBay and half-heartedly dodging the attention of fast-talking cattle farmer Big Mike, while their teenage daughter, Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge drink her way through her final exams....

The years 1955 to 1968 are covered in literature published through 1991. Insightful annotations on key general and collected works as well as publications addressing such topics as the history of the civil rights movement in individual states, civil rights organizations, the federal government, participants in the movement and phases of the movement are examined.