Fight for Freedom and Other Writings on Civil Rights (Lh10): Volume 10

by Christopher C. De Santis and Langston Hughes

Nearing the end of a distinguished literary career that spanned nearly fifty years, Langston Hughes took on the daunting task of writing the official history of the national Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Beginning with the social, political, and economic contexts that led to the founding of the NAACP in 1909 and ending with a summary of its targeted goals for 1963, Hughes attempted to write a history that would be comprehensive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826213715
• ISBN13: 9780826213716
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5