civil rights

A brief overview of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his dedication to winning equal rights for African-Americans through organized, nonviolent protest.

Presents a collection of twelve essays exploring the topic of student rights, including rights pertaining to clothing, the Pledge of Allegiance, bodily searches, corporal punishment, and transgender bathrooms. Features full-color photographs and graphs, an appendix of facts, organizations to contact, and a bibliography.

"The road to civil rights in the United States went down many paths, but one of the most important ones involved schools. For years, African Americans were forced to study in separate, inferior schools, sentencing many of them to a life of poverty without hope of upward mobility. This volume allows readers to examine how that outlook changed in the middle of the twentieth century. Readers will learn why the old system went unchallenged for so long and how the schools in the United States finally opened their doors to all"--Provided by publisher.

"In 2012, a seventeen-year-old African American boy named Trayvon Martin was murdered in cold blood by a neighborhood vigilante. When the murderer was acquitted, shockwaves ran through African American communities across the United States. The frustration over the perceived lack of value of African Americans in the United States spurred #BlackLivesMatter. The activist group mobilized as a rash of killings of unarmed African Americans by police seemed to plague the country. But many whites didn't understand their cause and responded with All Lives Matter. The viewpoints in this resource ask . . . questions regarding race in the United States"--Amazon.

"On point historical photographs combined with strong narration bring the saga of the Woolworth lunch counter sit-ins in the early 1960s to life. Readers will learn about the four brave college students who started it all, as well as the many who came after. These events changed the world. The photographer who took the photographs shown in this book is now in his 90s, but he agreed to an exclusive interview for this book."--Provided by publisher.

Through examples, historical context, and clear explanations, readers learn the full extent of their freedom of speech.

Recounts the events leading up to the March on Washington in 1963, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., and other prominent African American leaders in their quest for equal civil rights.

"Moustafa Bayoumi reveals what the War on Terror looks like from the vantage point of Muslim Americans"--Provided by publisher.

Text and photographs examine the history of the disability rights movement in the United States.