Studying the Civil Rights Movement -- Freedom then, freedom now -- Lyndon B. Johnson and the Black freedom struggle -- Exploring Johnson's civil rights policy -- The improbable emancipator -- Mixing moderation with militancy -- Civil rights and Black politics -- From boycotts to ballots -- Preserving the second reconstruction -- The unmaking of the second reconstruction -- From the bottom up -- Florida's little Scottsboro -- Investigations and massive resistance -- From sit-in to race riot -- New paths of exploration -- Rock 'n' roll, the payola scandal, and the political culture of civil rights -- Women, civil rights, and black liberation.