Aretha, David

Examines the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement, including the organizers of the protests, the movement's support from young people, the violence that occurred, and the integration of Birmingham.

A biography of Malala Yousafzai, a Muslim teenage girl from Pakistan, who advocates for education of women and children, and whom the Taliban attempted to assassinate on October 9, 2012.

Discusses the land and climate, economy, government, and history of the state of Michigan. Includes Internet links to Web sites.

Surveys the history of the Seattle SuperSonics professional basketball team, covering key players and coaches as well as some of the team's great games.

Presents an overview of the events of the California Gold Rush of the mid-nineteenth century and explaining its impact on the discovery and exploration of the American West. Includes links to additional documents, illustrations, and resources.

A biography of civil rights leader Malcolm X.

Uses primary source photographs to discuss the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, including the nine African American students that successfully integrated the Arkansas school and the controversy and crisis surrounding the event. Includes a timeline and further resources.

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 effect on segregation on Montgomery's buses. Includes a timeline and further resources.

When eleven-year-old Omar is unfairly blamed by the media for a Chicago Cubs loss at home, his fellow Baseball Geeks try to clear his name.

Provides an account of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a civil rights protest sparked by seamstress Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger in 1955, and which eventually led to ninety percent of African-American citizens in Montgomery, Alabama, refusing to ride city buses until the laws against segregation were upheld.