civil rights movements

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The children

1999
Tells the story of eight young people who, inspired by workshops on nonviolence, decided to become involved in the fight against segregation during the 1960s, beginning with staged sit-ins at Nashville lunch counters, and progressing to ever more dangerous actions on behalf of the civil rights movements.

Love is loud

how Diane Nash led the Civil Rights Movement
2023
"A picture book biography of Diane Nash, a Civil Rights Movement leader at the side of Martin Luther King and John Lewis. Born in the 1940s in Chicago, Diane went on to take command of the Nashville Movement, leading lunch counter sit-ins and peaceful marches. Diane decides to fight not with anger or violence, but with love. With her strong words of truth and actions, she works to stop segregation"--Provided by publisher.

A song for the unsung

Bayard Rustin, the man behind the 1963 March on Washington
2022
A picture book biography of Bayard Rustin, the gay Black man behind the March on Washington of 1963.

Melody lifts her voice

2022
"Melody Ellison loves singing and gardening, and is inspired by friends, family and the Civil Rights Movement to make changes in her community"--Provided by publisher.

The Civil rights Movement

A Very Short Introduction
2023
"[The author] provides an informed understanding of the origins, character, and objectives of the Civil rights movement. His analysis of the critical moments conveys the sense of a social movement that shaped its participants even as they shaped it"--Provided by publisher.

To boldly go

how Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek helped advance civil rights
2023
"[This book] tells the true story of Nichelle Nichols and how she used her platform on Star Trek to inspire and recruit a new generation of diverse astronauts and many others in the space and STEM fields"--Provided by publisher.

My Selma

true stories of a Southern childhood at the height of the civil rights movement
2023
"A stirring memoir of growing up Black in a town at the epicenter of the fight for freedom, equality, and human rights"--Provided by publisher.

And we rise

the Civil Rights Movement in poems
2023
". . . Erica Martin's debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement-from the well-documented events that shaped the nation's treatment of Black people, beginning with the 'Separate but Equal' ruling-and introduces lesser-known figures and moments that were just as crucial to the Movement and our nation's centuries-long fight for justice and equality"--Provided by publisher.

Be a king

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream and you
2022
"Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr. King's life alongside a modern class as the students learn about him, [the author's] poetic text encapsulates the moments that readers . . . can reenact in their own lives. See a class of young students as they begin a school project inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and learn to follow his example, as he dealt with adversity and never lost hope that a future of equality and justice would soon be a reality. As times change, Dr. King's example remains, encouraging a new generation of children to take charge and change the world"--Provided by publisher.

John Lewis

2021
Meet John Lewis. When John Lewis was a teenager, he asked Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown. From then on, John Lewis never stopped organizing, from Freedom Rides, to the marches in Selma and Washington, and more. He believed in getting into "good trouble" for good causes, and became a Civil Rights activist and United States Representative.

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