civil rights

Presents illustrated poetry from African-American playwright and poet Ntozake Shange, in which she explores racism and racial discrimination in the United States.

Profiles the lives and achievements of nine civil rights leaders, including Ida B. Wells, A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Fannie Lou Hamer.

Presents an account of the famous Supreme Court case which led to the outlawing of racial segregation in public schools.

An autobiographical account of the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56, focusing on the role of the Women's Political Council in the successful protest by African-Americans against segregation in the city's public transportation system.

Presents hundreds of firsthand accounts of key events in the Civil Rights movement, covering a period that ranges from 1954 through 1965; and includes narrative introductions to each chapter, a chronology of events, a biographical dictionary, a bibliography, and photographs.

A collection of short stories, poems, biographical accounts, and essays about the struggle for civil rights that address the question, "How do we achieve the ideal of equal rights for all?".

Contains Martin Luther King Jr.'s twenty most memorable writings and speeches.

Discusses the history of segregation in the United States, explaining how the Freedom Rides played a part in the civil rights movement.

A biography of the Nobel Peace Prize winner who showed us that a struggle can be waged without violence.