Book excerpt: This richly illustrated packet vividly details African Americans' quest for freedom and civil rights in America. Students will learn about the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation and the ammendments that followed it, "black code" legislation, Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan, and much more. Lively portraits of key cultural and political figures make clear the enormous contributions of blacks in America. Tests, answer key, and bibliography are included.