A detailed account of the history of Black, Hispanic, Native and Asian-Americans since 1900. The author uses biographical accounts of prominent figures to illustrate the changing nature of the political and social struggles of the era - the roles of Booker T. Washington, Harry Truman, Martin Luther King, Lyndon Johnson and Jesse Jackson are given particular emphasis. The relative importance of prominent individuals, grass-roots activists, organizations and external pressures are weighed up throughout.