Charles Cobb offers a guided tour of key places in eight Southern states where influential events in the civil rights movement took place, with an overview of the event that took place at each location and its influence on the movement, as well as the people that took part and the lasting legacy it had.
Presents a collection of biographical essays that profiles the lives of leading figures of the Civil Rights movement including Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Booker T. Washington, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, and Malcolm X.
A graphic novel which examines the life of Civil Rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., covering his activities from his arrival in Chicago to his final days in Memphis.
Profiles people who led the civil rights movement in the United States, including Rosa Parks, Asa Philip Randolph, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Booker T. Washington.
A biography of African American lawyer Benjamin Hooks, who continues to speak and teach about racial justice and equality since his 1992 retirement from the position of executive director of the NAACP.
Biography of John Lewis, civil rights worker and member of the House of Representatives, discussing his participation in several events in the civil rights movement during the 1960s and 1970s and his terms as a congressman from Georgia during the late 1980s and 1990s.
Discusses the significance and influence of key documents and speeches in the struggle for civil rights in the United States, from Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 through the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965. Includes quotations, bibliographies, and other reference materials.
Examines the life of African-American civil rights leader Medgar Evers, discussing his youth and education, his work with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and his assassination in 1963.
Profiles approximately sixty individuals who played significant roles in the civil rights movement, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, Medgar Evers, and Diane Nash, and includes a glossary and a further reading list.
