civil rights

The story of Coretta Scott King covering her childhood and her help in leading the civil rights movement.

Interviews between young people and people who took part in the civil rights movement accompany essays that describe the history of efforts to make equality a reality for African-Americans.

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

Focuses on the experiences of African-American soldiers in the Vietnam War, experiences that reflected and amplified the struggle for civil rights in America during this same time period.

Contains excerpts from memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers, speeches, advertisements, and other primary sources that provide eyewitness reports on the American civil rights movement, and features introductory essays, chronologies, period illustrations and photographs, and brief biographies of key individuals.

Explores the role of Rosa Parks in the civil rights movement and her continued work to improve the lives of African-Americans, discussing the Montgomery bus boycott, the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development, and other topics.

An illustrated edition of Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream" speech.

Tells the life story of singer Marian Anderson, describing her famous 1939 Lincoln Memorial performance and explaining how she helped end segregation in the American arts after being refused the right to perform at Washington's Constitution Hall because of the color of her skin.

Text of the speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963 describing his visionary dream of equality and brotherhood for humankind. Also includes illustrations by award winning artists depicting scenes described in the speech.

Describes the history of Montgomery, Alabama, and the events which roused public opinion throughout the country in support of the civil rights movement.