race relations

Examines the Montgomery Bus Boycott through primary source photographs, including Rosa Parks' role in the effort, other important leaders, the daily struggles of the boycott, and the end of segregation on Montgomery's buses.

Examines the history of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott of 1955 to 1956, providing different points of view.

Looks at the life of Ruby Bridges, the first African American to go to a white school in Louisiana.

This title gives us fascinating portraits of cooks, overseers, valets, farm hands, and more--the slaves George Washington called "my people"--interwoven with an examination of the conscience of the Father of Our Country.

S. C. Gwynne?s Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.

Presents an illustrated account of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and the subsequent bus boycott by the black community.

"It's 1964 in Greenwood, Mississippi, and Sunny's town is being invaded by people from up north who are coming to help people register to vote. Her personal life isn't much better, as a new stepmother, brother, and sister are crowding into her life, giving her little room to breathe"--From publisher's description.

An African-American family living in Mississippi during the Depression experiences acts prejudice and discrimination that are not understood by the children.

At every stage of the author's life, he's sought answers to the mysteries of history that surrounded him -- most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear. What were they afraid of? This book is a letter to his adolescent son and in his trademark style -- a mix of lyrical personal narrative, reimagined history, essayistic argument, and reportage -- Coates provides a new framework for understanding race: its history, our contemporary dilemma, and where we go from here.

A brief biography of Rosa Parks, African American civil rights activist.