comment on structure

The book is divided into twenty-three chapters, each of these chapters containing at times more than sixty pages. Each chapter covers an important phase of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life or the life of the Civil Rights Movement. Also included within the book are short prefaces within which the author's explains the use of the word Negro within the text, acknowledgements, an index, and a notes section. The book's structure is not unlike other works of its type, including a great deal of information and an easily searched index, so that a student may use the book as a reference book rather than reading through the entire text to find the information required.