african american civil rights workers

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.

A brief biography of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., told in his own voice, beginning in his childhood, and continuing to the day before his death in Memphis, Tennessee.

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.

Presents in graphic novel format the life of Georgia congressman John Lewis, focusing on his youth in rural Alabama, his meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement.

A collection of brief, illustrated biographies that details the lives of civil rights figures, including Martin Luther King, Jr., the Little Rock Nine, and Fannie Lou Hamer.

Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case.

Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case.