civil rights

Text of the speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963 describing his visionary dream of equality and brotherhood for humankind. Also includes illustrations by award winning artists depicting scenes described in the speech.

Looks at the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr., discussing the people and experiences that influenced his quest to win civil rights for African-American people.

A brief biography of the African American who, in refusing to obey a discriminatory rule about bus seating, set off both the Montgomery Bus Boycott and a movement that changed the nation's laws.

A biography of the woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the early days of the civil rights movement.

Traces the events in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott which began in December, 1955, and changed the course of the civil rights movement.

Presents the fundamental principles of the United Nations Declaration of the rights of the child, accompanied by drawings by Helme Heine. Tony Ross, Paul O. Zelinsky, and other artists.

Chronicles the events surrounding the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 and 1956, and explains how it became a turning point in the struggle for freedom and equality in the United States.

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.