Research Catalog

Title

Moon U.S. civil rights trail : a traveler's guide to the people, places, and events that made the movement / Deborah D. Douglas ; foreword by Bree Newsome Bass.

Author

Douglas, Deborah D.

Publication

Berkeley, CA : Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group, 2021.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bass, Bree Newsome
• Avalon Travel (Firm), publisher.

Description

xii, 522 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 22 cm +

Summary

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail offers a vivid glimpse into the story of Black America's fight for freedom and equality. From eye-opening landmarks to celebrations of triumph over adversity, experience a tangible piece of history with Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail. Includes flexible itineraries, historic civil rights sites, the culture of the movement, expert insight, travel tools, and detailed coverage of Charleston, Atlanta, Selma to Montgomery, Birmingham, Jackson, the Mississippi Delta, Little Rock, Memphis, Nashville, Raleigh, Durham, Virginia, and Washington DC.

Alternative Title

• U.S. civil rights trail : a traveler's guide to the people, places, and events that made the movement
• United States civil rights trail

Subject

• 1900-1999
• African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century
• African Americans > Civil rights > History > Guidebooks
• African Americans > Civil rights > South Carolina > Charleston
• African Americans > Civil rights > Georgia > Atlanta
• African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Selma
• African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Montgomery
• African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Birmingham
• African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > Jackson
• African Americans > Civil rights > Arkansas > Little Rock
• African Americans > Civil rights > Tennessee > Memphis
• African Americans > Civil rights > Tennessee > Nashville
• African Americans > Civil rights > North Carolina > Greensboro
• African Americans > Civil rights > North Carolina > Raleigh
• African Americans > Civil rights > North Carolina > Durham
• African Americans > Civil rights > Virginia > Richmond
• African Americans > Civil rights > Virginia > Farmville
• African Americans > Civil rights > Washington (D.C.)
• Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century
• African Americans > Civil rights
• Civil rights movements
• Southern States > Guidebooks
• Alabama > Birmingham
• Alabama > Montgomery
• Alabama > Selma
• Arkansas > Little Rock
• Georgia > Atlanta
• Mississippi > Jackson
• North Carolina > Durham
• North Carolina > Greensboro
• North Carolina > Raleigh
• South Carolina > Charleston
• Southern States
• Tennessee > Memphis
• Tennessee > Nashville
• United States
• Virginia > Farmville
• Virginia > Richmond
• Washington (D.C.)

Genre/Form

• Guidebooks.
• History.

Note

• Includes a foldout map of the Civil Rights Trail.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 502-504) and index.

Contents

Planning and inspiration -- Destinations: Charleston -- Atlanta -- Selma -- Montgomery -- Birmingham -- Jackson, Mississippi -- The Delta -- Little Rock -- Memphis -- Nashville -- Greensboro, Raleigh, and Durham -- Richmond and Farmville -- Washington DC -- Background and Resources: The road ahead -- History -- Essentials.

Call Number

Sc D 22-318

ISBN

• 9781640499157
• 1640499156

OCLC

1153664052

Author

Douglas, Deborah D., author.

Title

Moon U.S. civil rights trail : a traveler's guide to the people, places, and events that made the movement / Deborah D. Douglas ; foreword by Bree Newsome Bass.

Publisher

Berkeley, CA : Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group, 2021.

Edition

1st edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 502-504) and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Bass, Bree Newsome, writer of foreword.

Avalon Travel (Firm), publisher.

Research Call Number

Sc D 22-318