civil rights

Presents an overview of the history and contemporary status of the civil rights of various racial, ethnic, and nonethnic groups in the U.S., discussing discrimination, legislation, social movements, and significant people and events; and includes a timeline, glossary, and research and activity ideas.

Simple text and illustrations provide an introduction to the Bill of Rights, discussing the history of the Constitution, when it was added, who wrote it, other amendments, and why it is important.

" Robbie Tolan, who early on one New Year's Eve morning, foundhimself being rushed to the hospital. A white police officerhad shot him in the chest after mistakenly accusing him of stealing his own car...while in his own driveway. In a journey that took nearly a decade, Tolan and his family saw his case go before the United States Supreme Court in a groundbreaking decision, while Tolan struggled with how to put his life back together. Holding him together through this journey was the strength of his mother and father, his faith in God, and an impenetrable belief that he deserved justice like any other American who'd been wronged."--Provided by publisher.

A book offering guidance regarding the right to and practice of protest and public assembly.

In the 1960s, Elwood is college-bound until he makes a mistake that lands him at a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, whose staff profess to shape inmates into upstanding young men but who routinely deliver vicious beatings and sexual abuse and make sure resisters disappear forever. The shocked Elwood takes Martin Luther King's pacifist approach to events, but friend Turner has other ideas. Whitehead researched the Florida Industrial School for Boys (later the Dozier Academy), where a secret mass grave was found after its 2011 closure.

"[The author] . . . reflects on the landmark cases he has battled--including representing Trayvon Martin's family--and offers a disturbing look at how the justice system is devised for certain people to lose and others to win, and exposes how it is legal to harm--with the intent to destroy--people of color"--OCLC.

"The Ninth Amendment guarantees the protection of rights not enumerated in the Bill of Rights. It would be difficult to write a document that protected every single American right, so this amendment protects all those rights left unsaid. The Tenth Amendment defines the relationship between the federal and state government, a concept known as federalism. This amendment aims to solve the issues of federal powers and regulations. In this book, concrete examples and primary sources reveal the importance of these two amendments"--Provided by publisher.

"A revealing book about how government, law enforcement, and bureaucratic interests are seizing property, children, savings, and fundamental American rights-and how to fight back"-Provided by publisher.

A collection of photographs by Ernest C. Withers, an African-American photographer during the civil rights years.