civil rights demonstrations

Presents information, in simple text with illustrations, about the events of August 28, 1963, when protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., to draw attention to discrimination against African-Americans and to hear civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his now famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Chronicles the Civil Rights movement in the United States, including important demonstrations such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Birmingham Campaign.

Examines the history of the civil rights battle fought between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor in the 1950s and 1960s. Explores the lives of both men, Fred a young black preacher and Bull an old white commissioner, utilizing dozens of photographs from the era, FBI files, and archived newspapers detailing the events of the riots that took place in Birmingham, Alabama, incited by these two men.

Chronicles the August 1963 March on Washington to demand equal rights for African-Americans.

Recounts the historical antecedents and 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.

Provides an account of the events of 1963 when civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., arrived in Birmingham, Alabama, along with other leaders of the movement to protest the city's policies of racial segregation, and made the controversial decision to enlist the help of high school and elementary students in the fight for equality.

Illustrations and simple text explain the message of racial equality Martin Luther King, Jr. was sending when he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.

Gee recalls for her grandchildren what happened in 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, when she, aged ten, passed out flyers while her cousin and other adults held sit-ins at restaurants and lunch counters to protest segregation.

Inspired after meeting John F. Kennedy at a 1960 campaign fundraiser hosted by the Aldrich family, Chuck defies authority at his Pennsylvania boarding school, Sojie takes part in lunch counter sit-ins in Georgia, and Dick finally connects with his father in Hollywood.

An exploration of the 1963 protest march in Washington, D.C., that reveals details about how it was organized, its speakers, the friction among leaders of the civil rights movement, the sabotage of the sound system, and more.