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Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
From celebrated Congressman John Lewis comes an eyewitness account of history from a key member of the Civil Rights Movement and confidant to Martin Luther King Jr.
In turbulent times Americans look to the Civil Rights Movement as the apotheosis of political expression. As we confront a startling rise in racism and hate speech and remain a culture scarred by social inequality, there's no better time to revisit the lessons of the '60s...
In turbulent times Americans look to the Civil Rights Movement as the apotheosis of political expression. As we confront a startling rise in racism and hate speech and remain a culture scarred by social inequality, there's no better time to revisit the lessons of the '60s...
Author
Publisher
Gulliver Books/Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 107 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Profiles ten African American women including Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Shirley Chisholm, whose courageous acts against oppression made them leaders in the battle for civil rights.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Martin Luther King Jr. will always be remembered for his famous "I have a dream" speech, which he gave during the March on Washington in 1963. But his life before and after that big event, and his other enormous contributions to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, largely go unspoken. In this biography for kids ages 8-12, learn all about MLK--from his early family life and experiences in education, to his untimely death and the worldwide...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 511 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An account of the contentious relationship between the thirty-fifth president and Martin Luther King, Jr. throughout the tumultuous early years of the civil rights movement explores their influence on one another and the important decisions that were inspired by their rivalry.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
This biography of Malcolm X draws on new research to trace his life from his troubled youth through his involvement in the Nation of Islam, his activism in the world of Black Nationalism, and his assassination. Years in the making, it is a definitive biography of the legendary black activist. Of the great figures in twentieth-century American history perhaps none is more complex and controversial than Malcolm X. Constantly rewriting his own story,...
10) Maya Angelou
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the lives of outstanding people from designers and artists to scientists. All of them went on to achieve incredible things, yet all of them began life as a little child with a dream. The book follows Maya Angelou, from her early traumatic childhood to her time as a singer, actress, civil rights campaigner and, eventually, one of America's most beloved writers. This inspiring and informative little...
11) I am John Lewis
Author
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography about the late American politician and civil rights activist John Lewis"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 454 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Describes the unlikely friendship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Pauli Murray, a granddaughter of a mixed race slave and a lesbian, who became a lawyer and civil rights pioneer, and the important work they each did, taking stands for justice and freedom, "--NoveList.
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, is a visionary and a man of faith. Using intimate interviews with Lewis and his family and deep research into the history of the civil rights movement, Meacham writes of how the activist and leader was inspired by the Bible, his mother's unbreakable spirit, his sharecropper father's tireless ambition, and his teachers in nonviolence, Reverend James Lawson...
14) March: Book two
Author
Series
March volume 1
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Language
English
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Description
"After the success of the Nashville sit-in campaign, John Lewis is more committed than ever to changing the world through nonviolence -- but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the vicious heart of the deep south, they will be tested like never before."--page 3 of cover.
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As a white girl growing up in the south, Joan Trumpauer
Mulholland witnessed the ugly realities of segregation and
racism firsthand and vowed to one day change it. By the
time she was 19, she had already joined the Freedom Riders
and participated in over three dozen sit-ins and protests.
Now, over 50 years later, filmmaker Loki Mulholland
captures his mother's story and learns about her courage
and the role she played in changing American history....
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
59 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"John Lewis was a civil rights leader and United States congressman who never stopped speaking up for justice, equality, and peace. Before he marched with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, John was a thoughtful kid who loved learning, but wasn't able to go to a good school because of segregation. He wanted to make a difference in his community, so he organized peaceful protests to end segregation and fight for equal rights for...
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1989
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.
20) Rosa
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[34] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Presents an illustrated account of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and the subsequent bus boycott by the black community.
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