civil rights

"The right to express one's views without fear of government retribution is central to democracy. A free and unfettered media provides an important check on government power and ensures an informed citizenry. [This book] . . . details the importance of free expression and a free press"--Back cover. Includes teacher notes.

The right to express one's views without fear of government retribution is central to democracy. A free and unfettered media provides an important check on government power and ensures an informed citizenry. This book details the importance of free expression and a free press. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

The author, distraught over the results of the 2016 presidential election, takes an illustrated look at lessons from the civil rights movement that modern-day activists can use to create positive change. Includes a list of suggested reading.

In graphic novel format, describes Medgar Evers' efforts to gain equal rights for African Americans in Missisippi, his work with the NAACP, and his assassination in 1963, which gave the Civil Rights Movement new momentum.

A brief history of the civil rights movement.

Chronicles the events surrounding the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955.

"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.

In Stillwater, Missippi, in 1955, thirteen-year-old African American Rose Lee Carter looks to her family and friends to understand her place in the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement.

"Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press are three of the core American values outlined in the Constitution. Constitutional Rights explains these and other rights contained in one of America's key founding documents."--Publisher's website.

"A groundbreaking portrait of Vincent Chin and the murder case that took America's Asian American community to the streets in protest of injustice. America in 1982. Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting American autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti-Asian American sentiments simmer, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving Vincent Chin--a Chinese American man--beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker Ronald Ebens and his stepson Michael Nitz. From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry is a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed. When Ebens and Nitz pled guilty to manslaughter and received only a $3,000 fine and three years' probation, the lenient sentence sparked outrage in the Asian American community. This outrage galvanized the Asian American movement and paved the way for a new federal civil rights trial of the case. Extensively researched from court transcripts and interviews with key case witnesses--many speaking for the first time--Yoo has crafted a suspenseful, nuanced, and authoritative portrait of a pivotal moment in civil rights history, and a man who became a symbol against hatred and racism"--Provided by the publisher.