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109 pp.
| Chelsea
| November, 2001
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LibraryISBN 0-7910-5812-3$$21.95
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PaperISBN 0-7910-5813-1$$9.95
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YA
African-American Achievers series.
This readable history of "the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States" is at its best when discussing the group's rocky beginnings. The lack of notes is a drawback, but Rhym provides a basic overview of the changes brought about by such influential activists as W. E. B. Du Bois. Black-and-white photos and archival drawings accompany the text, and a chronology is appended. Bib., ind.