civil rights movements

Presents a biography of Thurgood Marshall and outlines his battles for equal rights for minorities. Details Marshall's battle against he "Separate But Equal" rule and the Jim Crow Laws and reveals the national impact of his actions and the subsequent court ruling.

Presents a graphic novel describing the life and accomplishments of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, detailing her stand against Alabama's segregation laws on a city bus and her involvement with the Montgomery bus boycott.

Presents a graphic novel describing the life, accomplishments, and murder of Medgar Evers, a NAACP fighter for African-American civil rights.

A brief, illustrated biography of civil rights activist Coretta Scott King that describes her school years, her work with her husband, Martin Luther King, Jr., and her achievements since the 1960s. Includes a glossary and further resource list.

Presents information, in simple text with illustrations, about the events of August 28, 1963, when protesters gathered in Washington D.C. to draw attention to discrimination against African-Americans and to hear Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his now famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Tells of the life and work of Martin Luther King through text and colorful folk-art paintings. Includes a brief chronology of his life.

Explores the history, key events, and important figures in the 20th century's civil rights movement of African Americans.

In the late winter and spring of 1973, a group of Native Americans voiced their grievances at Wounded Knee, South Dakota such as substandard living conditions on the reservation, corruption within the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and unfilled treaty provisions. This action by the American Indian Movement (AIM) led Congress to pass new legislation such as the Indian Self-Determination and the American Indian Religious Freedom Act.

Introduces the ethnic and group identity movements spawned by the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Covers groups marginalized by mainstream American society by a particular characteristic such as ethnic origin, race, age, disability, and sexual orientation.

Provides a concise overview of the institution of slavery in America from the initial transport of African slaves to the colonies to the Civil Rights movement of the twentieth century and analyzes the effects of slavery upon the economic, political, and cultural face of the nation.