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The article focuses on African American freedom struggle and literature written about the Civil Rights Movement. It mentions Martin Luther King, Jr., offered the first scholarly treatments on the subject and journalist Louis E. Lomax provided an early explanation of the social upheaval in his book "The Negro Revolt." It also mentions Numan V. Bartley's book "The Rise of Massive Resistance" offered the first historical assessment of the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

The article highlights few publications related to civil rights. Several books discussed include Howard Zinn's "SNCC: The New Abolitionists;" Numan V. Bartley's "The Rise of Massive Resistance" which historical assessment of the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education; and discusses regarding the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, significant studies which began as obscure academic theses and dissertations by sociologists, historians and political scientists.