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Civil Rights

MARCHING TO THE MOUNTAINTOP: HOW POVERTY, LABOR FIGHTS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS SET THE STAGE FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S FINAL HOURS

Marching to the Mountaintop
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Bausum
Author's First Name: 
Ann
Publisher: 
National Geographic
Publication Date: 
2012

As Dr. Martin Luther King aged, he continued his battle for equality, economic justice, and the Vietnam War’s end. His final struggle was the Memphis sanitation workers strike of 1968 after two men died. Elegant text and complementary archival photographs highlight this event with backmatter offering further clarification.

WE'VE GOT A JOB: THE 1963 BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S MARCH

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Levinson
Author's First Name: 
Cynthia
Publisher: 
Peachtree
Publication Date: 
2012

Interviews with Audrey, Wash, James, and Arnetta, participants as children in the 1963 Birmingham Children’s March, recreate the rarely-related story of this important civil rights event. After they protested peacefully, they were arrested and jailed. Archival photographs and extensive author notes complement the well-researched narrative of their role in Birmingham’s desegregation.

WE MARCH

We March
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Evans
Author's First Name: 
Shane W.
Publisher: 
Neal Porter
Publication Date: 
2012

Young, old, disabled, healthy, black, white gather to march on Washington at Lincoln Memorial with Dr. King in this simple story illustrated with pencil outlines on textured colors. Backmatter offers dates and facts about this pivotal period in history.

THE SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS: THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE WAS NEVER BLACK OR WHITE

Silence of our friends
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Long
Author's First Name: 
Mark
Second Author's First Name: 
Jim
Second Author's Last Name: 
Demonakos
Illustrator's First Name: 
Nate
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Powell
Publisher: 
First Second
Publication Date: 
2012

Well-drawn, expressive black and white illustrations emphasize the racial conflicts in Houston during 1968. Long’s semi-autobiographical graphic novel recounts that his father, a white television reporter, realized that he and an African-American professor at Texas Southern University must try to become friends if they would overcome racism.

TEN MILES PAST NORMAL

Ten Miles Past Normal
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Dowell
Author's First Name: 
Frances O'Roark
Publisher: 
Atheneum
Publication Date: 
2011

BIRMINGHAM SUNDAY

BIRMINGHAM SUNDAY
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Brimner
Author's First Name: 
Larry Dane
Publisher: 
Calkins Creek
Publication Date: 
2010

In 1963, someone killed four little girls in a racially-motivated bomb attack. Who were they, and what events led to that tragic day? Black and white photos, thorough research, and a moving narrative provide context for this chronological account of a horrific event.

SIT-IN: HOW FOUR FRIENDS STOOD UP BY SITTING DOWN

Sit-in: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Pinkney
Author's First Name: 
Andrea Davis
Illustrator's First Name: 
Brian
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Pinkney
Publisher: 
Little, Brown
Publication Date: 
2010

Bright watercolors punctuated with jaunty black lines and quotations from Dr. Martin Luther King depict the growth and success of the movement to end racial segregation in public places that four African-American college students in Greensboro, NC, sparked by staging the first restaurant sit-in.

MISS CRANDALL'S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES & LITTLE MISSES OF COLOR

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Alexander
Author's First Name: 
Elizabeth
Second Author's First Name: 
Marilyn
Second Author's Last Name: 
Nelson
Illustrator's First Name: 
Floyd
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Cooper
Publisher: 
Wordsong
Publication Date: 
2007

Twenty-four beautifully crafted sonnets evoke Miss Crandall's mid-nineteenth century school in Connecticut: the students' fervor, the local vigilantes, and the school's ultimate fiery end. Subdued illustrations complement this important and little-known story.

MARCHING FOR FREEDOM: WALK TOGETHER, CHILDREN, AND DON'T YOU GROW WEARY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Partridge
Author's First Name: 
Elizabeth
Publisher: 
Viking
Publication Date: 
2009

Powerful photographs and engaging text chronicle the participation of youth in the violent protests surrounding the 1965 freedom march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. First-hand accounts provide vivid details and convey the fear and excitement of these historic events.

CLAUDETTE COLVIN: TWICE TOWARD JUSTICE

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Hoose
Author's First Name: 
Philip
Publisher: 
Melanie Kroupa
Publication Date: 
2009

Claudette Colvin, just a teenager in 1955, was the first African-American to refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus—an act of courage that changed her life and helped to change the world.

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