civil rights movements

As the civil rights movement in the South gains momentum in 1963 and violence against African-Americans intensifies, residents of the small town of Kuckachoo, Mississippi, including seventh-grader Addie Ann Pickett, begin their own courageous struggle for racial justice.

Provides information about the civil rights movement in the United States, featuring firsthand accounts of key people and events in the struggle by African-Americans for equality.

Chronicles the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, the leaders of the movement, and how the children helped in the fight to end segregation in the South.

Chronicles the events of the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1965, and includes songs, poems, memoirs, and letters from the period.

Provides eleven articles that explore the Civil Rights Movement, discussing prominent government officials who spoke out, key statements and speeches made by leaders, and the actions of ordinary people.

Recounts the courageous involvement of many young people who marched, protested, were arrested, and risked their lives to end racial discrimination in the South during the 1950s and 1960s.

Presents hundreds of firsthand accounts of key events in the Civil Rights movement, covering a period that ranges from 1954 through 1965; and includes narrative introductions to each chapter, a chronology of events, a biographical dictionary, a bibliography, and photographs.

A collection of short stories, poems, biographical accounts, and essays about the struggle for civil rights that address the question, "How do we achieve the ideal of equal rights for all?".

Contains Martin Luther King Jr.'s twenty most memorable writings and speeches.

Interviews between young people and people who took part in the civil rights movement accompany essays that describe the history of efforts to make equality a reality for African-Americans.