civil rights workers

Tells of the life and work of Martin Luther King through text and colorful folk-art paintings. Includes a brief chronology of his life.

A biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped African-Americans win many battles for equal rights.

A biography of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, illustrated with photographs.

Presents a biography of Corretta Scott King, the civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr., and includes information from her childhood in Alamba, to her marriage to King, and her work as a champion for equal rights.

Presents a biography of Rosa Parks, an African-American woman whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s.

Presents a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. and chronicles his life as the son of a Southern Baptist minister, his struggles with racial discrimination, and his fight for equality for African-Americans and all people of color.

Words and pictures describe the life and death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Examines the life of the African American scholar and leader who helped establish the NAACP and devoted his life to gaining equality for his people.

Biography of A. Philip Randolph, famous for helping to organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

A biography of Bayard Rustin, a skillful organizer behind the scenes of the American civil rights movement whose ideas stongly influenced Martin Luther King, Jr.