african american women civil rights workers

Presents a biography of Corretta Scott King, the civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr., and includes information from her childhood in Alamba, to her marriage to King, and her work as a champion for equal rights.

A biography of a determined woman, who was born in Tennessee, educated in Ohio, and lived in Washington, D.C., where she worked to gain equal rights for herself and other African-Americans.

Examines the life and work of this African-American playwright and social activist who received great recognition at an early age.

Traces the life and career of the African-American journalist and social activist who spoke out against the lynching of African-Americans in the South.

Describes the life of the author and activist, from her childhood in Georgia to her emergence as a subject of both adulation and controversy.

Looks at the life and career of civil rights activist Rosa Parks.

Offers a brief overview of the life of teacher, journalist, and speaker Ida B. Wells-Barnett, focusing on her work as a civil rights activist.

Unita Blackwell reflects on her rise from poverty to power after she joined the civil rights movement, becoming a freedom fighter and social activist and eventually her town's mayor.

Evaluates the ways in which the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 is presented in school textbooks, maintaining that most resources fail to tell the whole story about Parks and the entire civil rights movement.

Discusses the life and work of the well-known writer, entertainer, and political activist, Maya Angelou.