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    As Good as Anybody
      Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who had both experienced discrimination, joined forces in the Civil Rights Movement.
      Author: Michelson, Richard HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement
      Activist Bayard Rustin is the focus of this biography, although the book also provides a great deal of information about the 20th century Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
      Author: Haskins, James HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Black Legacy
      This history of African Americans in New York City from a Dutch colony to the 1990's contains 18 chapters, documents and maps, Endnotes, a bibliography, and an index.
      Author: Katz, William HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation
      Andrea and Brian Pinkney bring their considerable talents to tell the story of the Montgomery bus boycott in wonderfully poetic language and blues rhythms. An Author's Note gives more historical information.
      Author: Pinkney, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation
      Andrea and Brian Pinkney bring their considerable talents to tell the story of the Montgomery bus boycott in wonderfully poetic language and blues rhythms. An Author's Note gives more historical information.
      Author: Pinkney, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Coretta Scott
      Coretta is a poetic tribute to the life of Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights movement. This is an amazing biographical tribute in poetry which is most readable and offers all kinds of teaching opportunities. The art work by Kadir Nelson really make
      Author: Shange, Ntozake HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Dream of Freedom, A
      This well written and comprehensive documentation of the Civil Rights Movement, its background, issues, and confrontations is told by a white Southern woman of privilege who grew up during that period. Photographs and fact boxes, index, bibliography, and
      Author: McWhorter, Diane HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words
      This edited and illustrated book provides generous excerpts from Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. No textbook description of slavery could have even a tiny portion of the power of this chilling account.
      Author: McCurdy, Michael (Ed.) HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Followers of the North Star
      These poems present a profile of African-American heroes in an historical and cultural context. Heroes and heroines include Benjamin Banneker, Harriet Tubman, cowboy Deadwood Dick, George Washington Carver, Jackie Robinson, Leontyne Price, and Martin Lut
      Author: Altman, Susan & Lechner, Susan HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Freedom Riders
      This book, illustrated with historical photographs, tells the story of two young men, one white and one black, whose common goal in life is to bring equality between the races. Their story is set during the historic freedom rides of the Civil Rights Move
      Author: Bausum, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Freedom Walkers
      This detailed account of the Montgomery bus boycott that began the Civil Rights Movement includes material on the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy, but also focuses on other heroes like Rev. Robert Graetz, Joanne Robinson and
      Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies

    I Have a Dream
      The text of the "I Have a Dream" speech is accompanied by illustrations from noted Coretta Scott King Award and Honor Book artists. The Foreword by Mrs. King explains the project, and notes from each artist explain details of the illustrations.
      Author: King, Dr. Martin Luter, Jr. HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Leon's Story
      A custodian at a Maryland school tells his own story of growing up poor in North Carolina, of racism, of hatred, of resilience, of Martin Luther King, and of the things that matter in life.
      Author: Tillage, Leon Walter HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Marching for Freedom
      The compelling story of the events in Selma, Alabama that led to the voter rights march to Montgomery in 1965. Interviews with some of the marchers and black and white photographs highlight the struggles of African Americans to get the right to vote.
      Author: Partridge, Elizabeth HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Martin Luther King
      Folk art paintings accompany this biography of Dr. King. A timeline of important events in his life concludes the book.
      Author: Bray, Rosemary HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Martin's Big Words
      Brief and easy-to-read biographical statements are accompanied by MLK's words and award-winning illustrations. An abbreviated Civil Rights chronology and bibliography conclude the book.
      Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies

    My Dream of Martin Luther King
      The author tells the story of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. as a dream with King as a young boy suffering the injustices of segregation. Her strong paintings, more somber than her usual colorful quilt-like illustrations, give a solidity to the drea
      Author: Ringgold, Faith HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Sweet Smell of Roses, A
      The book jacket says it all: "There's a sweet, sweet smell in the air as two young girls sneak out of their house, down the street, and across town to where men and women are gathered, ready to march for freedom and justice?--with Martin Luther King, Jr.
      Author: Johnson, Angela HSE Descriptors: social studies


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