In four riveting biographies, award-winning historian Jules Archer presents portraits of courage and determination and an encapsulated history of the civil rights struggle in the United States. Frederick Douglass, born a slave, fought for his own and his people's freedom from slavery. Marcus Garvey, who led the Back to Africa movement, promoted black nationalism and black pride. Martin Luther King Jr. organized millions of people and preached nonviolent civil disobedience to win equality through integration. Malcolm X, raised on the streets and in prison, sought equal rights through confrontation and racial separation.