civil rights movements

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civil rights movements

James Farmer and the freedom rides

1994
Text and photographs present the life and times of the black civil rights activist who formed CORE and organized the freedom rides.

Montgomery

launching the civil rights movement
1991
Describes the history of Montgomery, Alabama, and the events which roused public opinion throughout the country in support of the civil rights movement.

Fannie Lou Hamer and the fight for the vote

1993
Text and accompanying photographs present a biography of the civil rights activist who devoted her life to helping blacks register to vote and gain a national political voice.

The Beatitudes

from slavery to civil rights
2010
The foundation of the civil rights movement.

Back of the bus

2010
From the back of the bus, an African American child watches the arrest of Rosa Parks.

Grandmama's pride

2005
While on a trip in 1956 to visit her grandmother in the South, six-year-old Sarah Marie experiences segregation for the first time, but discovers that things have changed by the time she returns the following year.

Coretta Scott

2009
An illustrated biography of Coretta Scott King, describing her childhood in the segregated South, her marriage to Martin Luther King, Jr., and her civil rights work.

King's courage

2006
Abigail, Jacob, Zack, and Bo travel back in time to meet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in order to convince him not to get discouraged.

Delivering justice

W.W. Law and the fight for civil rights
2005
An illustrated account of mailman and civil rights leader Westley Wallace Law's role in the non-violent movement to desegregate Savannah, Georgia, in the 1960s.

Leon's story

1997
The son of a North Carolina sharecropper recalls the hard times faced by his family and other African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century and the changes that the civil rights movement helped bring about.

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