civil rights

Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the Kennedy assassination through the Civil Rights Act.

A series of seventeen essays that explore U.S. drug and law enforcement policies and their impact on the spread of HIV and the civil rights of HIV-positive persons.

Biography of John Lewis, civil rights worker and member of the House of Representatives, discussing his participation in several events in the civil rights movement during the 1960s and 1970s and his terms as a congressman from Georgia during the late 1980s and 1990s.

Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy.

Provides information about the special education system and how it works, explaining how parents can obtain appropriate instruction and therapy for their special-needs children, looking at the types of services that are available, and identifying the rights protected under federal law.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of this civil rights activist.

Discusses the first ten amendments to the Constitution and the rights which they are intended to protect.

Examines the 1969 Supreme Court case involving John and Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt, students who broke school rules while protesting the Vietnam War and were expelled, discusses the right to free expression, and includes a moot court exercise.

Chronicles the events behind a white uprising that occurred when Air Force veteran James Meredith tried to become the first African-American student to register at the University of Mississippi in 1962.