In the 1950s, a black man in the South was expected to lower his eyes
when he passed a white man on the street. African-American and white
citizens attended separate schools, restaurants, and parks. They were
even buried in separate graveyards. That was how traditional Southern
society had been for more than 300 years but times were changing. Civil
rights workers were demanding equal rights for blacks. The nonviolent
activists boycotted buses, flouted Jim Crow laws, staged marches, and
filled up jails by the dozen. Meanwhile, the Klu Klux Klan and other
white segregationists retaliated with their own protests, harsher laws,
and increasingly violent attacks. The Split History of the Civil Rights
Movement brings alive both sides of the civil rights movement. Learn
about key figures and the strategies of the movement. Then flip the book
for the lesser-known story of the segregationists and the motives that
spurred their actions.