african american civil rights workers

A brief biography of the African American educator and activist who helped found the NAACP and worked much of his life for the unification of people of African descent.

Chronicles the life and accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr., focusing on the accomplishments of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader who helped African-Americans win many battles for equal rights.

A fact-filled account of the life and times of the Baptist minister who became a noted civil rights leader and Noble Peace Prize laureate.

Explores the origins of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and discusses the impact it had on American politics and society.

A fictional account of real-life civil rights activist Walter White. White was an African-American, but his blond hair, blue eyes, and light skin protected him from racism. When a black man is tortured and burned alive in Tennessee, White goes undercover as a white salesman to try to find who is responsible for the crime. He struggles with his own questions of identity when word of another lynching spreads through town.

In compelling detail, a story that alternately chills and inspires. The author captures both black and white perspectives on the Freedom Rides and segregation, thru the eyes and experiences of John Lewis and Jim Zwerg.

Examines the life of African-American activist W.E.B. Du Bois, discussing his childhood in Massachusetts, his awakening to the plight of his people, his education and encounters with racism, his work as a teacher and as a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, his marriage, and his later years.

Photographs and text celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., and traces his contributions to American society during the civil rights movement of the twentieth century; and covers his famous speeches, the treats on his life, and his death in 1968.

Chronicles the life of the man whose politics took him from civil rights worker in the South to serving as a United States Congressman.