Freedom Bound: A History of America's Civil Rights Movement - Paperbackby Robert Weisbrot (Author) In this singe volume, Robert Weisbrot gives a vivid, admirably balanced history of the civil rights movement from its rise with the Brown decision and the Montgomery bus boycott in the 1950s, through the dramatic sit ins, freedom rides, marches, and great legislative gains in the 1960s, to its decline in the urban riots, disputes over leadership, and affirmative action in the late 1960s and 1970s. Black and white photos.