Photographs, prints and newspaper articles illustrate milestones in the civil rights movement from the times of slavery to the 1990s.

Includes chronology.

End of an era -- The earliest fighters for freedom -- Slave resistance in North America -- Freedom for the Colonies -- The African American church -- The Abolitionist movement -- The Underground railroad -- The war between the states -- Reconstruction -- Jim Crow -- Fight or leave -- Blacks and the press -- War and peace -- The depression and the new deal -- World War II -- "With all deliberate speed" -- Nonviolent protest -- Nonviolent protest -- Sitting and riding -- Marching for freedom -- Black power -- On from Selma -- Blacks in office -- The struggle goes on.