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The Fight for Equal Opportunity: Blacks in America
- From Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Narrated by: Maxx Pinkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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Summary
The book is a history of African-American leadership in modern times, with special focus on two magnetic and essential figures in the struggle for racial equality: General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Following an introductory chapter on slavery and the Civil War, the book examines African-American leadership during the two world wars, and the history of civil rights legislation in the 20th century. It tells how a people who were enslaved for over 240 years came to have one of their own become president of the country that enslaved them and a leader of the free world.
The chapters are well-organized and engaging, written for audiences of high school or college age, or adults with an interest in the subject matter.