Part of Gale's American Civil Rights Reference Library, this resource offers essays, definitions, and interpretation of the era, events and topics in two volumes. Information is arranged in six chapters by group: African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans; Asian Americans; non-ethnic groups (including women, lesbians and gay men); and selected immigrant groups. The text provides subject chapters offering viewpoints, definitions, chronological coverage of battles, further reading and sidebars highlighting individuals, statistics and other information.