civil rights workers

A biography of Mamphela Ramphele, a woman who, as a medical doctor, teacher, anthropologist, and advisor to the Mandela government, challenged the racial and gender-based inequities in South Africa.

Discusses seven leaders of the civil rights movement, including Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X.

A biography of a determined woman, who was born in Tennessee, educated in Ohio, and lived in Washington, D.C., where she worked to gain equal rights for herself and other African-Americans.

A biography of the noted historian and sociologist who was an important leader of African American protest and helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Describes the childhood, political activities, imprisonment, family, and presidency of Nelson Mandela.

Contains essays that provide an overview of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s, and discuss specific aspects of the struggle for freedom; and includes brief biographies of civil rights activists.

A biography of a tireless civil rights worker and the United States' leading advocate for children, Marion Wright Edelman.

Describes the life of the author and activist, from her childhood in Georgia to her emergence as a subject of both adulation and controversy.

Tells the story of the founder of the Children's Defense Fund, tracing her life from her modest beginnings in the rural, segregated South to her rise to prominence as an advocate of children's rights.

Photographs and text trace the progression of the civil rights movement and its effect on history through biographical sketches of four prominent and influential African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X.