Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Both a history and critique of the Civil Rights Movement by one of its younger members (the rear panel mentions that Louis's activist work began when she was only 14, and she was just 24 at time of publication), this presents a subjective, insider's view of the Civil Rights Movement, focusing on the experiences and dynamics of the activists themselves. It covers the summer of 1963 with its police repression and violence as a key turning point, gives an overview of organizations like organizations like the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and CORE, and attribute the decline in the movement to fights among the various factions, the Watts riots and the rise of the Black Power movement, and the anti-poverty programs. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "for Sylvia without whom..." and dated in the year of publication (Sylvia Miller is cited in the acknowledgments as one of those who gave her advice and encouragement). Also includes several appendices - including one which is an in-depth analysis of the 1965 Civil Rights Act, another on CORE's rules, a bibliography and more. In addition to being an activist and an author, Louis was a collector of material about the Civil Rights movement and in 1971 she donated her extensive collection to UCLA. xi, 462 pp.