civil rights

Relates events in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, childhood which sowed the seeds for his activism for equal rights for people, regardless of their color.

A brief biography of the African-American woman who, in refusing to obey a discriminatory rule about bus seating, set off both the Montgomery Bus Boycott and a movement that changed the nation's laws.

A biography of the civil rights activist who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which acted as a labor union for Pullman car porters, and crusaded for equal rights for African-Americans in the armed forces, military industries, and in labor unions.

Discusses Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter From Birmingham Jail" and how it changed the African American civil rights movement.

Presents a collection of essays examining the issue of free speech for college and high school students, including the pledge of allegiance, dress codes, and internet expression.

Presents resources for better understanding the complex, broad, and evolving legal issues about dress that is facing American teens.

Mary Frances Berry, the former chairperson for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, details a history of the commission from its founding in 1957 through the twenty-first century, and describes her views on how the commission should be reconfigured.

The author, a survivor of the commercial sex industry, shares her personal story, and discusses her efforts to help other girls who are victims of sexual exploitation through her nonprofit organization GEMS, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services.

Presents nineteen primary and secondary sources on the positions of U.S. courts on students' rights, covering four cases on student searches, free expression, drug tests for athletes, and the Pledge of Allegiance.

Presents arguments pertaining to the rights of the disabled, examining how the courts have shaped issues such as eugenic sterilization, special education, and equal access to public places through rulings, with primary sources from each case, dissenting opinions, and analyses.