Morretta, Alison

"Slaves replaced indentured servants as a source of cheap labor in all of the colonies early in the seventeenth century. Slavery was first legalized in Massachusetts. However, economics soon made slavery unnecessary in the North while increasing demand for it in the South"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of Rosa Parks that provides background information on her involvement in the civil rights movement, discussing her arrest for failing to give up her seat on a bus, which started the Montgomery bus boycott.

By examining the case of Dred Scott from start to finish, students will better understand the impact of Dred Scott v. Sandford on antebellum America.

Explores the life, career, and impact of congressman John Lewis.

"One of the most awkward situations someone can face is when a friend or an acquaintance makes an offensive statement or tells a repulsive joke about a group of people. This book informs young students how to overcome their discomfort to let others know in a non-confrontational way that such speech should be stopped"--OCLC.

Explores the life, career, and impact of congressman John Lewis.

A biography of the abolitionist John Brown detailing the historical context in which he lived and the legacy he left behind. Discussed is his raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859 and his belief that slavery would not end without the use of violence. Discussed is whether violence is ever acceptable as a form of protest, a question that Brown's contemporaries asked themselves and one that is still debated.

The Homestead Act was passed in 1862, when states that had seceded from the Union could no longer block it in congress. The act opened land in the west for all Americans, including freed slaves, granting 160 acres to settlers under the condition that they farm it for five years. The result was that 1.6 million claims, covering 420,000 square miles, were granted, making residents of millions of people in the land west of the Mississippi River.

Biography of "mother of the Civil Rights Movement" Ida B. Wells-Barnett examines the personal barriers she faced, her work exposing America's horrific racial violence, and her tireless crusade to end the practice of lynching.

Profiles civil rights activist Rosa Parks, whose famous refusal to go to the back of a segregated bus in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 became a test case for the validity of segregation laws, as well as an inciting incident in the Civil Rights Movement.