San Antonio College Library

An autobiography of Malcolm X who rose from a life of crime to become the most dynamic leader of the civil rights movement. ""In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American dream and the inherent...

"John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, is a visionary and a man of faith. Using intimate interviews with Lewis and his family and deep research into the history of the civil rights movement, Meacham writes of how the activist and leader was inspired by the Bible, his mother's unbreakable spirit, his sharecropper father's tireless ambition, and his teachers in nonviolence, Reverend James Lawson...

"W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. Du Bois's sociological and historical research on African-American communities and culture broke ground in many areas, including the history of the post-Civil War Reconstruction...

The Soliloquy is a unique, personal commentary upon a century in which Dr. Du Bois played a most consequential role. Perhaps more than anyone else, his deeply informed, impassioned writings and ceaseless activity brought to the fore the problems of racial oppression in the 20th century. Written in his 90th year, he took the manuscript with him to Ghana where he went to live late in 1961. Rescued from Accra, after the military coup of early 1966, it...

The search for a career, by F. L. Broderick.--"Radicals and conservatives," a modern view, by A. Meier.--The paradox of W. E. B. Du Bois, by A. Meier.--The emerging leader, a contemporary view, by W. H. Ferris.--The NAACP and The crisis, by C. F. Kellogg.--An accomodationist in wartime, by E. M. Rudwick.--The continuing debate: Washington vs. Du Bois, by B. Mathews.--Pan-Africanism as "romantic racism," by H. R. Isaacs.--The historian, by H. Aptheker.--A...

The author describes his experiences working to defend rights, discussing cases and issues he faced, beginning in 1963, on the staff of the American Civil Liberties Union, as co-founder of Human Rights Watch, and as president of the Soros Foundations and Open Society Institute.