african american civil rights workers

Provides an account of the events of 1963 when civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., arrived in Birmingham, Alabama, along with other leaders of the movement to protest the city's policies of racial segregation, and made the controversial decision to enlist the help of high school and elementary students in the fight for equality.

Explains Martin Luther King Jr.'s political and religious views and discusses how his actions helped African-Americans achieve greater equality.

A biography of the civil rights activist who led the fight to integrate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, during the 1950s.

Lawyer and civil rights worker Vernon Jordan tells his life story, from his childhood in Atlanta to his years as a leader in the NAACP, the United Negro College Fund, and the National Urban League and as an advisor to both businessmen and presidents.

Presents the story of Martin Luther King, Jr., primarily focusing on his civil rights work, in a musical, storytelling style and illustrated in the scroll-painting tradition of Bengal.

Presents an overview of the 1955 bus boycott and the protest of segregation and other racist policies in Montgomery, Alabama, and places it in the larger context of the civil rights movement of that era, describing activists Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and others. Includes glossary and time line.

Presents a brief biography of civil rights leader Robert Parris Moses, providing information on his childhood in Depression-era Harlem, his work on the Algebra Project, his accomplishments, and his legacy.

A biography of the slain civil-rights leader.

A biography of the Medgar Evers, African American civil rights leader, discussing his childhood in Mississippi, his work speaking out for civil rights, and his assassination and the resulting trial.

Introduces children to the life of Rosa Parks, an African-American girl who went on to become a leader in the Civil Rights movement when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person, recounting her experiences as an African-American child in the South, her involvement in the civil rights movement, her work as a motivational speaker, and other related topics.