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Martin Luther King, Jr. & the Civil Rights Movement
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Adult Non-Fiction/Biography
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Shocking the Conscience: A Reporter's Account of the Civil Rights Movement
by Simeon Booker
Within a few years of its first issue in 1951, Jet, a pocket-size magazine, became the "bible" for news of the civil rights movement. Writing for the magazine and its glossy, big sister Ebony, for fifty-three years, Washington bureau chief Simeon Booker was on the front lines of virtually every major event of the revolution that transformed America. Shocking the Conscience begins with a massive voting rights rally in the Mississippi Delta town of Mound Bayou in 1955. It's the first rally since the Supreme Court's Brown decision struck fear in the hearts of segregationists across the former Confederacy. It was also Booker's first assignment in the Deep South, and before the next run of the weekly magazine, the killings would begin. Booker vowed that lynchings would no longer be ignored beyond the black press. His coverage of Emmett Till's death lit a fire that would galvanize the movement, while a succession of U.S. presidents wished it would go away.
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The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement
by Taylor Branch
The King Years distills the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning writings on civil rights history into a slim, elegant, quick-reading volume that highlights eighteen crucial events in America's struggle toward racial equality. Although Martin Luther King's life frames the events treated here -- beginning with his first public address during the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, and ending with his assassination in 1968 -- this is not a biography. Instead, readers will discover a well-rendered, compressed historical narrative that illuminates a period of radical social change in American history.
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At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
by Taylor Branch
A final installment of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's history of the civil rights movement chronicles Martin Luther King's final years, covering such topics as the 1965 Selma march for the right to vote, King's turbulent alliance with Lyndon Johnson, and his protests against the Vietnam war.
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Walter White: The Dilemma of Black Identity in America
by Tom Dyja
A portrait of the influential secretary of the NAACP explores his dedication to advancing civil rights in America, tracing his role in ending lynching, creating the legal strategy that led to Brown v. Board of Education, and hosting a premier salon for the Harlem Renaissance.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life
by Marshall Frady
A renowned biographer presents an intimate and inspiring portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr., drawn from twenty-five years of award-winning commentary on American race relations, that combines the history of the civil rights movement with King's powerful rise to acclaim and influence, bringing to life his political relationships, his goals, and his achievements.
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The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country
by Henry Louis Gates
Profiles one hundred influential African Americans who helped shape the history of the twentieth century, including revered figures in the fields of music, literature, sports, science, politics, and the civil rights movement. This colorful collection of personalities includes much-loved figures such as scientist George Washington Carver, contemporary favorites such as comedian Richard Pryor and novelist Alice Walker, and even less-well-known people such as aviator Bessie Coleman. Gates and West also recognize the achievements of controversial figures such as Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and rap artist Tupac Shakur. Lively, accessible, and illustrated throughout, The African-American Century is a celebration of black achievement and a tribute to the black struggle for freedom in America.
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At the Elbows of My Elders: One Family's Journey toward Civil Rights
by Gail Milissa Grant
An African-American family history focuses on the everyday life of a middle class black family living in Saint Louis, Missouri in the first half of the 20th century. Grant recounts the battles fought by her father, David M. Grant, a lawyer and civil rights activist in St. Louis, and describes the challenges she faced in navigating her way through institutions marked by racial prejudice. She details how her family built a prosperous life through the operation of a funeral home, the practice of chiropody (podiatry), and work on the railroad and on pleasure boats that plied the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. The Grant home was notable because it was located in a predominantly white neighborhood. St. Louis was still in the grips of Jim Crow laws, but the black community built its own institutions while fighting against the restrictions that barred blacks from full participation in society.
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Rosa Parks: A Biography
by Joyce Ann Hanson
Recounts the life and accomplishments of the civil rights icon, and provides an overview of the history of African American women's efforts to improve their communities since the Civil War
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Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero
by Vincent Harding
In these eloquent essays that reflect upon King's legacy over the past two decades and the meaning of his life today, a portrait emerges of a man constantly evolving and going deeper into the roots of violence and injustice--a man whose challenge remains as timely and necessary as ever.
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Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy
by Paul Hendrickson
A study of the dark legacy of racial intolerance and prejudice profiles the lives and fortunes of seven white Mississippi sheriffs, immortalized in a haunting 1962 LIFE magazine photograph, who took part in the violence that resulted from James Meredith's attempt to integrate the University of Mississippi, and it influence on their own lives and the lives of their children and grandchildren.
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Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign
by Michael K. Honey
Provides an in-depth history of the final crusade of Martin Luther King, Jr., against the economic injustices, racism, and lack of political power that marked 1968 Memphis and transformed the city into a struggle between the white upper crust that sought to prevent change and the black workers, activists, unionists, and black-power advocates that sought to bring about equality.
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King: The Photobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Charles Richard Johnson
A photographic tour of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life, public and private, covers a wide range of scenes, from King standing before his congregation to the bus boycott in Montgomery and his incarceration in a Birmingham jail to his assassination and its aftermath.
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Stokely: A Life
by Peniel E. Joseph
A civil rights scholar describes the life of the controversial, charismatic black activist who abandoned advocating for nonviolent protest measures and began calling for “Black Power,” which urged African Americans to fight for freedom and their rights through any means necessary.
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More Than Freedom: Fighting for Black Citizenship in a White Republic, 1829-1889
by Stephen Kantrowitz
A narrative chronicle of the efforts of Northern activists to establish free citizenship for African Americans before and after the Civil War offers an award-winning historian's perspectives on the era to explain how their campaigns redefined citizenship and extended well beyond the parameters of emancipation.
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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King
Drawing on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s unpublished writings and other materials housed in Stanford University's archives, a civil rights scholar assembles a continuous first-person narrative of King's life.
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The Radical King
by Martin Luther King
Features more than 20 works, organized by theme, by the celebrated orator and civil rights champion that highlight his revolutionary vision as a democratic socialist, his opposition to the Vietnam War, his solidarity with the poor and his fight against global imperialism.
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Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
by Martin Luther King
Chronicles the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, describing the plans and problems of a nonviolent campaign, reprisals by the white community, and the eventual attainment of desegregated city bus service.
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Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
by Martin Luther King
The celebrated civil rights leader outlines the trends in the African American struggle during the sixties, and pleads for peaceful coexistence between the African American and white communities..
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She Would Not Be Moved: How We Tell the Story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
by Herbert R. Kohl
A National Book Award-winning author evaluates the ways in which the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott has been distorted when taught in schools. Hailed by the New York Times Book Review when it was first published as having "the transcendent power that allows us to see . . . alternate ways of viewing our history and understanding what is going on in our classrooms," this expanded version of Kohl’s original groundbreaking discussion "deftly catalogs problems with the prevailing presentations of Parks and offers [a] more historically accurate, politically pointed and age-appropriate alternative" (Chicago Tribune).
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W.E.B. DuBois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963
by David L. Lewis
The second volume of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography begins with the end of World War I and chronicles the flowering of the Harlem Renaissance, the little-known political agenda behind it, Du Bois's battle for equality and justice for African Americans, and his self-exile in Ghana.
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Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
by John Lewis
The son of an Alabama sharecropper and current U.S. Congressman shares his tale of a life in the trenches of the Civil Rights movement, vividly chronicling the numerous arrests, sit-ins, and marches that marked his political awakening in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer
by Kenneth Walter Mack
Profiles African American lawyers during the era of segregation and the civil rights movement, with an emphasis on the conflicts they felt between their identities as African Americans and their professional identities as lawyers.
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Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
by Manning Marable
In 1965, a few months after The Autobiography of Malcolm X appeared in print, an assassin killed Malcolm. The Autobiography, the result of a collaboration between Malcolm and author Alex Haley, presents a thorough, riveting, and inspiring account of Malcolm's life, but its completion before his death renders it incomplete. Historical scholar and author Manning Marable studied large amounts of material that has since become available and interviewed people close to Malcolm to produce this new biography, which presents startling details and keen analysis of the Civil Rights movement and the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X was a finalist for the 2011 NBCC award for biography.
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A Forgotten Sisterhood: Pioneering Black Women Educators and Activists in the Jim Crow South
by Audrey T. McCluskey
Emerging from the darkness of the slave era and Reconstruction, black activist women Lucy Craft Laney, Mary McLeod Bethune, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, and Nannie Helen Burroughs founded schools aimed at liberating African-American youth from disadvantaged futures in the segregated and decidedly unequal South. From the late nineteenth through mid-twentieth centuries, these individuals fought discrimination as members of a larger movement of black women who uplifted future generations through a focus on education, social service, and cultural transformation. Laney, Bethune, Brown, and Burroughs built off each other’s successes and learned from each other’s struggles as administrators, lecturers, and suffragists. Drawing from the women’s own letters and writings about educational methods and from remembrances of surviving students, Audrey Thomas McCluskey reveals the pivotal significance of this sisterhood’s legacy for later generations and for the institution of education itself.
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At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power
by Danielle L. McGuire
In this groundbreaking book, Danielle McGuire writes about Recy Taylor, a young black mother who was raped by seven armed white men and left for dead. The president of the local NAACP branch office sent his best investigator to Abbeville. Her name was Rosa Parks. In taking on this case, Parks launched a movement that ultimately changed the world. The author gives us the never-before-told history of how the civil rights movement began; how it was in part started in protest against the ritualistic rape of black women by white men who used economic intimidation, sexual violence, and terror to derail the freedom movement; and how those forces persisted unpunished throughout the Jim Crow era. Black women’s protests against sexual assault fueled civil rights campaigns throughout the South that began during World War II and went through to the Black Power movement. The Montgomery bus boycott was the baptism, not the birth, of that struggle.
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Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press
by James McGrath Morris
Describes the life and career of the journalist and network news commentator who publicly asked President Eisenhower to support desegregation and covered such important civil rights events as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the desegregation crisis in Little Rock.
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Nine Lives of a Black Panther: A Story of Survival
by Wayne Pharr
In the early morning hours of December 8, 1969, hundreds of SWAT officers engaged in a violent battle with a handful of Los Angeles-based members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP). Five hours and 5,000 rounds of ammunition later, three SWAT team members and three Black Panthers lay wounded. For the Panthers and the community that supported them, the shootout symbolized a victory, and a key reason for that victory was the actions of a 19-year-old rank-and-file member of the BPP: Wayne Pharr. He illuminates the history of one of the most dedicated, dynamic, vilified, and targeted chapters of the BPP, filling in a missing piece of Black Panther history and, in the process, creating an engaging and hard-to-put-down memoir about a time and place that holds tremendous fascination for readers interested in African American militancy.
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Blackballed: The Black vote and US Democracy
by Darryl Pinckney
In this combination of memoir, historical narrative, and contemporary political and social analysis, Pinckney investigates the struggle for Black voting rights from Reconstruction through the civil rights movement, leading up to the election of Barack Obama as president. Interspersed throughout the historical narrative are Pinckney's own memories of growing up during the civil rights era, his unsure grasp of the events he saw on television or heard discussed, and the reactions of his parents to the social changes that were taking place at the time and later to Obama's election. He concludes with an examination of the current state of electoral politics.
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Reporting Civil Rights: The Library of America Edition
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A two-volume anthology of journalism documenting more than 30 years of the African-American struggle for freedom and equal rights draws on nearly 200 newspaper and magazine reports, book excerpts and features by such notable writers as David Halberstam, Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison.
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Framing the Black Panthers: The Spectacular Rise of a Black Power Icon
by Jane Rhodes
In Framing the Black Panthers, cultural historian Jane Rhodes examines the extraordinary staying power of the Panthers in the American imagination by probing their relationship to the media. Rhodes argues that once the media and pop culture latched onto the small, militant group, the Panthers became adept at exploiting and manipulating this coverage—through pamphlets, buttons, posters, ubiquitous press appearances, and photo ops—pioneering a sophisticated version of mass media activism. Paradoxically, the news media participated in the government campaign to eradicate the Panthers while simultaneously elevating them to a celebrity status that remains long after their demise.
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First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson
by Jackie Robinson
A selection of never-before-published letters offers an intimate portrait of the legendary baseball star and his role as an advocate for racial justice and equality at the highest levels of American power, featuring his correspondence with--and replies from--Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and others until his death in 1972.
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Roy Wilkins: The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP
by Yvonne Ryan
Roy Wilkins (1901-1981) spent forty-six years of his life serving the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and led the organization for more than twenty years. Under his leadership, the NAACP spearheaded efforts that contributed to landmark civil rights legislation, including the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act. Yvonne Ryan offers the first biography of this influential activist, as well as an analysis of his significant contributions to civil rights in America. While activists in Alabama were treading the highways between Selma and Montgomery, Wilkins was walking the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., working tirelessly in the background to ensure that the rights they fought for were protected through legislation and court rulings. With his command of congressional procedure and networking expertise, Wilkins was regarded as a strong and trusted presence on Capitol Hill, and received greater access to the Oval Office than any other civil rights leader during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year
by Tavis Smiley
Martin Luther King, Jr. died in one of the most shocking assassinations the world has known, but little is remembered about the life he led in his final year. New York Times bestselling author and award-winning broadcaster Tavis Smiley recounts the final 365 days of King's life, revealing the minister's trials and tribulations -- denunciations by the press, rejection from the president, dismissal by the country's black middle class and militants, assaults on his character, ideology, and political tactics, to name a few -- all of which he had to rise above in order to lead and address the racism, poverty, and militarism that threatened to destroy our democracy.
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King's Dream
by Eric J. Sundquist
Presents the full text of Martin Luther King Jr.'s legendary "I Have A Dream" speech and places it in the history of debates on racial justice and demonstrates how it eloquently expresses the story of African American freedom.
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
by Jeanne Theoharis
Presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the quiet seamstress who, with a single act, birthed the modern civil rights movement, Theoharis provides a revealing window into Parks’s politics and years of activism. She shows readers how this civil rights movement radical sought—for more than a half a century—to expose and eradicate the American racial-caste system in jobs, schools, public services, and criminal justice.
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Black Prophetic Fire
by Cornel West
Cornel West, with distinguished scholar Christa Buschendorf, provides a fresh perspective on six revolutionary African American leaders: Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X, and Ida B. Wells. In dialogue with Buschendorf, West examines the impact of these men and women on their own eras and across the decades. He not only rediscovers the integrity and commitment within these passionate advocates but also their fault lines. By providing new insights that humanize all of these well-known figures, in the engrossing dialogue with Buschendorf, and in his insightful introduction and powerful closing essay, Cornel West takes an important step in rekindling the Black prophetic fire so essential in the age of Obama.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: A King Family Tribute
by Angela Farris Watkins
The family of the inspiring civil rights leader shares memories and reflections on his legacy in a personal and loving portrait that incorporates previously unpublished photographs and new images of the National Mall memorial.
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The Thunder of Angels: The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the People Who Broke the Back of Jim Crow
by Donnie Williams
The heroism of those involved in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott is presented here in poignant and thorough detail. The untold stories of those, both black and white, whose lives were forever changed by the boycott are shared. In the end, the boycott brought Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr to prominence and improved the lives of all black Americans. This behind-the-scenes examination details the history of violence and abuse on the city buses. A look at Martin Luther King, Jr's trial, an examination of how black and white lawyers worked together to overturn segregation in the courtroom, and firsthand accounts from the segregationists who bombed the homes of some of Montgomery's most progressive ministers are included.
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Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965
by Juan Williams
Eyes on the Prize tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations continue to be felt today. Companion book to the critically acclaimed documentary and award winner.
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This Day in Civil Rights History
by Randall Williams
This Day in Civil Rights History, by renowned civil-rights activist Randall Williams, is a day-by-day survey of the people, places, and events that impacted the civil rights movement and shaped the future of the United States. Flip to any date and you’ll find fascinating, informative facts and anecdotes.
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Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties
by Otis H. Stephens
Entries cover key concepts, historical events, major trials and appellate court decisions, landmark legislation, legal doctrines, important personalities, and key organizations and agencies in the history of civil rights in the United States
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Notable Black American Men
by Jessie Carney Smith
.Provides biographical information on five hundred African American men who were pioneers, entrepreneurs, artists, reformers, leaders, officials, educators, or significant figures in other fields over three centuries
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Notable Black American Women
by Jessie Carney Smith
Provides brief biographies of African American women who were business executives, writers, journalists, lawyers, physicians, actresses, singers, musicians, artists, educators, religious leaders, civil rights activists, politicians, aviators, athletes, and scientists.
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Our Man in the Dark
by Rashad Harrison
A debut novel based on the story of a civil rights worker who became an informant for the FBI during the months leading up to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. finds disenchanted bookkeeper John Estem becoming a reluctant detective after he steals thousands from Dr. King's Southern Christian Leadership Council.
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Snapshot
by Lis W. Wiehl
Federal prosecutor Lisa Waldren is at first reluctant when her estranged father wants her to investigate a cold case from his FBI days. But when a photograph surfaces showing a blond, four-year-old Lisa playing with an African-American girl at a civil rights march in Fort Worth, Lisa is faced with a jarring revelation: the girls may have been the only witnesses who observed the killer of civil rights leader Benjamin Gray...and therefore the only ones who can exonerate the death row inmate falsely accused of the murder. Soon, Lisa finds herself in the dangerous world her father had shielded her from as a child. After some searching, the Waldrens find the other little girl from the photo and, in the process, uncover conspiracy mere steps away from the likes of Bobby Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and J. Edgar Hoover..
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Safe from the Neighbors
by Steve Yarbrough
Sharing stories from local history with his students, Mississippi high school teacher Luke May discovers a common link with a recently returned friend whose family was also shaped by upheavals during the civil rights movement. By the PEN/Faulkner finalist author of Prisoners of War.
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Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The story of the life an African American woman from Louisiana, from the time of her childhood as a slave in the pre-Civil War South to 1962, when she witnesses the birth of the civil rights movement at the age of one hundred and ten.
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Been to the Mountaintop
Original footage features highlights from dramatic speeches and conversations spanning 1956 to 1968, including his last address on April 3, 1968, the night before his assassination in Memphis.
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Betty & Coretta
The stories of Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz, and their roles in the civil rights movement during the twentieth century.
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The Butler
Follows the events in Cecil Gaines' life and in the country as he works as a White House butler under eight administrations.
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Eyes on the Prize
The definitive story of the Civil Rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations are felt today.
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Freedom Riders
Documents the story of a group of civil rights activists who travelled by bus in the South during 1961 to challenge segregated travel facilities.
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Freedom Summer
Documents the ten-week period during the summer of 1964 in Mississippi when efforts by the Council of Federated Organizations and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party worked to enfranchise the segregated state's black population.
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King
Using archival footage, follows Martin Luther King Jr.'s life from 1955 to 1968 as he became a leader in the Civil Rights movement.
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The Long Walk Home
The lives of two women, one white and one black, are impacted by the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Malcolm X
Inspiring story of Malcolm X, as he rises up from poverty, encounters the law, achieves spiritual enlightenment, and reaches out to others in the fight for human and civil rights.
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The March
The March is the feature documentary narrated by Denzel Washington about the renowned and historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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MLK: The Assassination Tapes
April 4, 1968. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is gunned down on the balcony of a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. It was all caught on film, tape and audio. So why have we seen so little of it? The well-known photograph of Dr. King's aides pointing toward the direction of the gunfire is iconic, but tells only part of the story. For the first time, a remarkable collection of recently rediscovered footage has been chronologically reassembled. The resulting documentary allows us to revisit the tumultuous events surrounding one of the most shocking assassinations in America and relive history through the voices of the era.
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Nothing but a Man
A landmark independent film that depicts the struggles and hardships of Black life in 1960s America. Lauded by critics at the Venice and New York film festivals when it first premiered. Filmed in 1964.
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Selma
From the Oscar-winning producers of 12 Years a Slave and acclaimed director Ava DuVernay comes the true story of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches, a story of courage and hope that changed the world forever.
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Spies of Mississippi
Tells of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to preserve segregation and maintain white supremacy during the spring of 1964.
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Thurgood
The remarkable celebration of the life and legacy of civil rights advocate and Supreme Court pioneer Thurgood Marshall, the first African American appointed to the nation's highest judicial bench.
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To the Mountaintop!: My Journey through the Civil Rights Movement
by Charlayne Hunter-Gault
A personal history of the Civil Rights Movement from an activist and acclaimed journalist begins at the 2009 presidential inauguration of Barak Obama and journeys back through the decades, offering witness to the events of the social movement that changed the course of United States history and honoring the men and women on whose shoulders Obama stands.
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Juvenile Non-Fiction/Biography
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Heroes for Civil Rights
by David A. Adler
Profiles the leaders and heroes of the civil rights movements, including Fannie Lou Hamer, the Little Rock Nine, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; examining what historical contribution they made in the effort to make equality a right for all.
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Rosa Parks: Freedom Rider
by Ruth Ashby
Profiles the African American woman who sparked a bus boycott when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person.
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Malcolm X
by Theresa Crushshon
Discusses the life of the controversial Black Muslim leader, from his childhood in Lansing, Michigan to his murder on February 21, 1965.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
by Sheri Dean
Presents information about Martin Luther King Jr. Day, including its significance, origins, and how it is celebrated.
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Al Sharpton: Civil Rights Leader
by Wayne D'Orio
Profiles the politician and minister who has dedicated his career to the equal rights and treatment of African Americans and discusses the major issues he has supported.
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March On!: The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World
by Christine King Farris
Having led thousands in a march for civil rights to the foot of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. made the most of the historical moment by giving a speech that would forever inspire people to continue to fight for change in the years ahead.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
by Jill Foran
Examines the history of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and describes some of the ways that this holiday is celebrated.
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Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
by Russell Freedman
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat to a white man. This refusal to give up her dignity sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, a yearlong struggle, and a major victory in the civil rights movement.
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
by Phillip M. Hoose
Presents the life of the Alabama teenager who played an integral role in the Montgomery bus strike, once by refusing to give up a bus seat, and again, by becoming a plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case against the bus company.
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Medgar Evers and the NAACP
by Gary Jeffrey
Discusses the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers who was assassinated in June 1963 at the age of thirty-seven.
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I Have a Dream
by Martin Luther King
Illustrates the inspiring words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as they were presented in his "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963, collecting the images of fifteen Coretta Scott King Award-winning and Honor Book artists--including Jerry and Brian Pinkney, Leo and Diane Dillon, and others.
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A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students
by Martin Luther King
Presents Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most important writings and speeches—carefully selected by educators across a variety of disciplines—in an accessible, user-friendly volume that includes 19 selections, with an introduction by the award-winning author who is also serving as the Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.
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We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
by Cynthia Levinson
We've Got a Job tells the little-known story of the 4,000 black elementary, middle and high school students who voluntarily went to jail in Birmingham, Alabama, in May 1963. Fulfilling Mahatma Gandhi's and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s precept to "fill the jails," the students succeeded in desegregating one of the most racially violent cities in America. The astonishing events surrounding the Children's March are retold here from the perspectives of four of the original participants.
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We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song
by Debbie Levy
A celebration of the history of the struggle for freedom as reflected through moments when the iconic song, "We Shall Overcome," was sung explains how the song has come to represent civil rights and freedom around the world. Illustrated by the creator of Let Freedom Sing. 25,000 first printing.
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When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders
by J. Patrick Lewis
A Children's Poet Laureate presents a sumptuously illustrated collection of poems inspired by the achievements and words of 17 civil rights heroes, including Coretta Scott King, Mohandas Gandhi and Nelson Mandela.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Emma Lynch
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.? Why is he famous? How do we know about him? Find out in this illustrated life story.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace
by Pat McKissack
Complete with period photos, the life, times, and accomplishments of this peaceful and powerful civil rights leader are presented to young readers.
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I am Rosa Parks
by Brad Meltzer
A narrative introduction to the history-making courage of the Civil Rights activist recounts in accessible detail Rosa Parks' daring effort to stand up for herself and other African-Americans by helping to end segregation on public transportation.
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Meet Coretta Scott King
by Melody S. Mis
Profiles the wife of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., who shared his dedication to working peaceably to achieve equality for all Americans.
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Meet Jesse Jackson
by Melody S. Mis
Profiles the civil rights activist and politician, discussing his involvement in the civil rights movement, his presidential campaigns, and his role as freelance diplomat and world humanitarian.
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Meet Martin Luther King Jr.
by Melody S. Mis
Profiles the Baptist minister who led the movement to give African Americans civil rights, discussing his childhood, activist works, and legacy.
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The Freedom Summer Murders
by Don Mitchell
Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Summer murders, a young reader's introduction to the harrowing story traces the events surrounding the KKK lynching of three young civil rights activists who were trying to register African-Americans for the vote.
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My Country, 'Tis of Thee: How One Song Reveals the History of Civil Rights
by Claire Rudolf Murphy
An engaging chronicle of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement through the changing lyrics of a classic patriotic song reveals how its words have been transformed by generations of protestors and civil rights pioneers throughout landmark historical movements. Illustrated by the three-time Caldecott Honor-winning artist of Uptown.
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Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told
by Walter Dean Myers
Details the extraordinary life and accomplishments of the activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horrors of lynching who set out to better the lives of African-Americans long before the Civil Rights Movement.
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Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly
by Walter Dean Myers
Complete with quotes from speeches and bold illustrations, a biography provides young readers with an in-depth look at the life of this famous civil rights leader.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Describes the background of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, including the accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr., how the holiday is observed, and what the holiday means to people.
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Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary
by Elizabeth Partridge
An inspiring examination of the landmark march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this book focuses on the children who faced terrifying violence in order to walk alongside him in their fight for freedom and the right to vote.
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Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Presents the stories of 10 African-American men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day. Backmatter includes a Civil Rights timeline, sources and further reading. Illustrated by a two-time Caldecott Honor winner and multiple Coretta Scott King Book Award recipient.
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Rosa Parks
by Anne Schraff
Traces the life of the African American woman whose actions led to the Montgomery bus boycotts and who was a leading figure in the civil rights movement.
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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
by Steve Sheinkin
The Newbery Award-winning and National Book Award finalist author of Bomb presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion.
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The March on Washington
by L. S. Summer
Explains what events led Martin Luther King, Jr., to develop his famous speech, "I Have a Dream."
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Rosa Parks
by L. S. Summer
Examines the life and accomplishments of Rosa Parks, as well as her impact on the civil rights movement.
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Malcolm X: Force for Change
by Kristin Thoennes Keller
Highlights the life and accomplishments of Malcolm X, an African American Black Muslim leader who campaigned for civil rights and was assassinated for his views
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Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
by Duncan Tonatiuh
Shares the triumphant story of young Civil Rights activist Sylvia Mendez, an American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who, at the age of 8, worked with her parents and other community members to file a landmark lawsuit in federal district court to end segregated education in mid-20th-century California.
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The Civil Rights Movement
by Rose Venable
Offers a brief history of the African American struggle for freedom, equality, and civil rights.
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Remember Little Rock: The Time, the People, the Stories
by Paul Robert Walker
Uses eyewitness accounts and on-the-scene news photography to examine the history making integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, as well as explores what has happened in the last fifty years, what has changed, what hasn't, and why.
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Peaceful Heroes
by Jonah Winter
Presents a tribute to fourteen people who risked their lives to help others and make the world a better place.
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A Thousand Never Evers
by Shana Burg
Set in the segregated south of rural Mississippi in 1963, the disappearance of her brother, family problems, and unfair treatment by the mayor sparks a young African-American girl to take action and lead a civil rights march in town with the hopes of getting much-needed answers, justice, and equality for the people she loves.
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Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper
Growing up in the segregated South where they accept the disparities in how they are treated, Stella and her little brother witness a terrible event that compels them to fight back and trigger fundamental changes. By the Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of Out of My Mind.
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Night on Fire
by Ronald Kidd
Hoping that the arrival of Freedom Riders in her town will help her community shed its antiquated views, thirteen-year-old Billie is forced to confront her own mindset when things turn tragic.
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Fire in the Streets
by Kekla Magoon
In the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Chicago fourteen-year-old Maxie longs to join the Black Panthers, whether or not her brother Raheem, ex-boyfriend Sam, or her friends like it, and is soon caught up in the violence of anti-war and civil rights demonstrations.
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The Rock and the River
by Kekla Magoon
In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father’s nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African-Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.
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One Crazy Summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn, New York, to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, 11-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of their intrusion and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
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Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
by Bonnie Bader
From organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott to the launching of the Civil Rights Movement, a fascinating biography traces the life of this extraordinary man who was an advocate of the poor and spoke out against racial and economic injustice until he was assassinated in 1968.
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The Cart That Carried Martin
by Eve Bunting
It's 1968 in Atlanta, Georgia. Two men borrow a cart, paint it green and hitch Ada and Belle—two mules—to it. This is the humble cart that will lead Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral procession through the streets from Ebenezer Baptist Church to Morehouse College. Tens of thousands of people gather to sing songs, share their grief and pay their respects. An affecting tribute to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Rosa
by Nikki Giovanni
Provides the story of the young black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in Alabama, setting in motion all the events of the Civil Rights Movements that resulted in the end of the segregated south, gave equality to blacks throughout the nation, and forever changed the country in which we all live today.
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My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King III
A poignant account of the author's brief years shared with his civil rights leader father offers insight into their special bond, their separation during Dr. King's imprisonment and the author's 5-year-old witness to the famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Rosa's Bus
by Jo S. Kittinger
Recounts the story of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on Bus #2857 in Montgomery, Alabama, and her subsequent arrest, an incident that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by a young minister named Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a major event in the Civil Rights movement.
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Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrations and rhythmic text recall the December, 1955, bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man.
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Sit-in: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
A picture book celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing Civil Rights Movement.
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Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
A poetic tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Great March on Washington explores the intersecting lives of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson at the historic moment when their joined voices inspired landmark changes. 50,000 first printing.
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Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend: A Civil Rights Story
by Calvin A. Ramsey
In Gee's Bend, Alabama, Miz Pettway tells young Alex about the historic role her mule played in the struggle for civil rights led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes factual information about the community of Gee's Bend and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Back of the Bus
by Aaron Reynolds
Passing the time on a long bus journey, during an era when segregation edicts require him to sit in the back, a young boy witnesses Rosa Parks' brave defiance of the racist policy requiring her to give up her seat. By the Coretta Scott King medalist illustrator of The Most Precious Gift.
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Coretta Scott
by Ntozake Shange
The team that created the Coretta Scott King Honor title, Ellington Was Not a Street, examines the life of Dr. King's wife, Coretta, who in her own right, was a civil rights pioneer experienced with the injustices of the segregated South, and who continued her husband's mission after his assassination.
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This is the Dream
by Diane ZuHone Shore
A powerful tribute with rousing, inspiring text and gorgeous illustrations commemorates the American experience before, during, and after the Civil Rights Movement.
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Climbing Lincoln's Steps: The African American Journey
by Suzanne Slade
Interweaves the story of black Americans' struggle for equality with important moments in African-American history that have occurred at the Lincoln Memorial, including Marian Anderson's concert in 1939; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech in 1963; and a visit from the first African-American president and his family in 2009.
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As Fast as Words Could Fly
by Pamela M. Tuck
A thirteen-year-old African American boy in 1960s Greenville, North Carolina, uses his typing skills to make a statement as part of the Civil Rights movement. Based on true events.
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Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged!
by Jody Nyasha Warner
With sympathy and historical accuracy, relates the story of how, in 1946 Nova Scotia, Viola Desmond--a black woman--was jailed because she refused to move from a main floor seat to the balcony of the Roseland Movie Theatre.
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My Uncle Martin's Big Heart
by Angela Farris Watkins
The niece of Martin Luther King, Jr. describes the loving and inspirational experiences she shared with the Civil Rights leader during her childhood, conveying the lessons he imparted on topics ranging from character and faith to family and a life of service. Illustrated by the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning artist of My Friend Maya Loves to Dance.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Not that long ago, African Americans were denied basic rights and opportunities in the United States, but one man's work and dedication helped change the future for our country - not just for African Americans, but for all Americans. In Martin Luther King, Jr., kids will take an in-depth look at the life of this civil rights leader and learn about his commitment to nonviolence in the pursuit of social change. From his days as a minister in Alabama to his role in the battle for equal rights, discover how Americans responded to the actions and words of the most influential leader of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Children take an in-depth look at the life of this Civil Rights leader and learn about his commitment to nonviolence in the pursuit of social change. Teaches the important milestones of the Civil Rights Movement.
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham
When an African American family from Michigan visit their grandmother in Birmingham, Alabama during the summer of 1963, their lives are changed.
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