Half a century after some of its most important moments, the assessment of the civil rights era continues. In this volume, Dr. Rufus Burrow turns his attention to a less investigated but critically important byway in this powerful story -- the role of children and young people in the civil rights movement. What role did young people play, and how did they support the efforts of their elders? What did they see -- and what did they do? -- that their elders were unable to envision? How did children play their part in the liberation of their people?
Foreward: Beyond Emmett Till, the hope of a new generation / Michael G. Long -- Montgomery. "Just to see empty bus, after empty bus go by..." -- Sitting-in and taking a ride for freedom -- Birmingham and the children's crusade -- Mississippi. Made to disappear. Selma. "What we talk about has also to do with the children" -- Who will carry the freedom struggle forward?