civil rights demonstrations

"The civil rights sit-ins sparked the larger civil rights movement, inspiring many people to protest racial inequality... discusses how the United States' history of slavery and segregation led people to make a change, how the sit-ins began to make businesses available to all, and how the protests changed the laws of a nation."--Publisher.

Recounts the events leading up to the March on Washington in 1963, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., and other prominent African American leaders in their quest for equal civil rights.

Describes the March on Washington, and the effect that it had on civil rights.

The story of the Freedom Riders, who boarded buses in Washington, D.C., for New Orleans, Louisiana, as a way to draw attention to the lack of enforcement of the laws prohibiting segregation on buses crossing state lines and at bus stations.

Under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, children and teenagers march against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.

Presents the story of Lynda Blackmon Lowery, the youngest person to take part in the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965. Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lynda's story shows how even young women and men can make a difference for equality.

"In 1963, more than 30 African American girls, ages 11-14, were arrested for taking part in Civil Rights protests in Americus, Georgia. Then came a greater ordeal: confinement in a Civil-War-era stockade."--Provided by publisher.

Text and illustrations look at the August 1963 March on Washington to demand equal rights for African-Americans.

Looks at the various nonviolent resistance tactics used during the civil rights movements of the 1950s and 1960s.

An introduction to Martin Luther King Jr.'s march on Washington and other civil rights movements.