An activist's revealing look at civil rights movement.(Books)

From: The Washington Times | Date: November 17, 1996| Author: Dean, Mensah | Copyright information

The heyday of the civil rights movement ended more than a quarter-century ago, producing in its wake generally improved living conditions for black Americans. But at the same time, problems from that era continue to linger like ghosts awaiting proper burial.

Instead of cross burnings and fire bombings, today there are black church burnings. And the 1992 race riots in Los Angeles, along with a smaller melee recently in St. Petersburg, Fla., remind us that relations be...

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