civil rights movements

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civil rights movements

Voice of freedom

Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement
Describes the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer.

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial

a stone of hope
2018
"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s words of peace are carved in the walls of this monument to remind all Americans of the power of peaceful protest ... [This book teaches young readers] all about the first national memorial to an African American"--Provided by publisher.

As fast as words could fly

"A thirteen-year-old African American boy in 1960s Greenville, North Carolina, uses his typing skills to make a statement as part of the Civil Rights movement. Based on true events. Includes author's note"--Provided by publisher.

Sit-in

how four friends stood up by sitting down
2020
Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Greensboro, North Carolina sit-in at the lunch counter at Woolworth's as a protest against segregation.

The life and death of Martin Luther King Jr

2018
Looks at the life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Freedom riders

2018
Chronicles the events surrounding the Freedom Riders who were a group of civil rights activists that rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States, beginning in 1961, to protest segregation in the southern states.

Coretta Scott King and the Center for Nonviolent Social Change

2017
Profiles the life and career of Coretta Scott King and her work for equal rights for African Americans.

Martin Luther King Jr. and peaceful protest

2017
A biography of the civil right leader Martin Luther King Jr.

John Lewis and desegregation

2017
A biography of Georgia congressman John Lewis, focusing on his activities on behalf of civil rights.

Separate is never equal

Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation
"Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California"--Provided by publisher.

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