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Chapter 52 – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Chapter 52. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by Elizabeth Klett. Playlist for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: www.youtube.com Pride and Prejudice free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org Pride and Prejudice free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org Pride and Prejudice at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com

Part 1 – A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Chs 01-10)

Part 1. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by Mark Nelson. Playlist for A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: www.youtube.com A Princess of Mars free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org A Princess of Mars free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org A Princess of Mars at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com

CIA Archives: Desegregation and the American Civil Rights Movement Documentary Film (1957)

thefilmarchive.org Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to races. This is most commonly used in reference to the United States. Desegregation was long a focus of the American Civil Rights Movement, both before and after the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, particularly desegregation of the school systems and the military. Racial integration of society was a closely related goal. The African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) refers to the movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring voting rights in Southern states. This article covers the phase of the movement between 1954 and 1968, particularly in the South. By 1966, the emergence of the Black Power Movement, which lasted roughly from 1966 to 1975, enlarged the aims of the Civil Rights Movement to include racial dignity, economic and political self-sufficiency, and freedom from oppression by white Americans. The movement was characterized by major campaigns of civil resistance. During the period 1955–1968, acts of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience produced crisis situations between activists and government authorities. Federal, state, and local governments, businesses, and communities often had to respond immediately to crisis situations that highlighted the inequities faced by African Americans. Forms of protest and/or civil disobedience included