Circles, Groves and Sanctuaries by Dan Campanelli

Circles, Groves and Sanctuaries by Dan Campanelli

A study guide on Black America, African American History and Civil Rights. It's time to get acquainted with Black culture in America. No more excuses

This book is comprised of essays highlighting the beginning days of freedom for Blacks from slavery, struggles during the Jim Crow Era, liberation and the rise of black awareness across America today. Such topics covered inside are:

• Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
• Historical moments from the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X
• Brief biographies on Harriet Tubman, George Washington Carver and others in the civil rights
• The call for black equality from those involved in sports - Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali
• Black progressive movements such as the Harlem Renaissance and the Rainbow Coalition
• Impacts of the Dred Scott Decision, Brown versus the Board of Education, the Thirteenth Amendment and ending of slavery
• And many more references of the national figures behind the Civil Rights Movement

These painful memories of black struggles for equality will provoke anyone interested in changing the racial disparities of status quo in America to read further.