Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index.
Contents
Prologue: Misconceptions about civil rights activists -- The civil rights movement: the river of baptism -- Tracking the civil right activists: how the research was done -- The Black protest generation in the 1970s and 1980s -- The divergent politics of the white generation -- African American and white activists twenty-five years later -- Conclusions: taking stock -- Epilogue: Current dilemmas and future prospects.