Ollhoff chronicles major events and people that were significant in bringing about the end of segregation in the 1950s and 1960s.  Televising the protests, people, and events shared the racism, hatred, and violence with the world.  Pivotal issues including school segregation, the murders of Emmett Till and Medgar Evers, peaceful protests of Martin Luther King, Jr., activist Malcom X, Rosa Parks, and the Montgomery bus boycott are described and explained in a straightforward manner.  The struggle for equal rights required the involvement of people who were willing to take a stand against injustice.  Readers get a basic understanding of these events, the issues, and the involvement of the people associated with this period in U. S. history.  Photographs are well chosen to portray each event or person.  Other books in the series are: The Civil War, Courage and Growth, Pioneers of Equality, The Roots of Humanity, and Years of Slavery.  Excellent introduction to this crucial time.