civil rights workers

Answers many questions about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

A brief biography that highlights some important events in the life of the man who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent support of civil rights.

Describes the life of the civil rights worker who is honored on Martin Luther King Day.

An illustrated account of the life of African-American educator and activist Ida B. Wells, looking at the work she did to stop lynching and push for equal rights.

A biography of the Alabama African-American woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped African-Americans win many battles for equal rights.

A biography of the African-American woman and civil rights worker whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a boycott which lasted more than a year in Montgomery, Alabama.

Traces the journey of this Afro-American woman from childhood through her life as an entertainer, civil rights activist, writer, poet, and university professor.

Rosa Parks, the African-American woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in 1955, tells why she decided it was time to take a stand against segregation, and discusses the impact of her actions on the Civil Rights movement.

A simple biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader who helped African Americans win many battles for equal rights and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.