comment on style

This work is done in a primarily objective tone. The author rarely makes his own opinion known throughout the work. Still, there are moments within the text where the reader can feel the author's outrage or disgust at the actions of the participants in certain situations, specifically the multiple arrests of many of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. These moments of subjective opinion are rare, however, leaving the bulk of the book's tone an objective, recitation of history. The author presents his book in a tone that is not unlike a history text for students, although the tone tends to be slightly less dry than the typical textbook.