African Americans - Civil rights - History
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
$5.99 Add to cartThe most effective method used to influence children to read is to incorporate the information that interests them the most. National Geographic Readers are educational, high-interest, and comprehensi… [more below]
- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Jazynka, Kitson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: December 26 2012
- ISBN10: 1426310870
- Language: English
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Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book)
$19.99 Read moreA Caldecott-honor winning picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son’s death into a call to action for the civil rights movement.
Mamie Till-Mobley is- Author: Joy, Angela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1250220955
- Language: English
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I Am Martin Luther King, Jr.
$16.99 Add to cartThe eighth biography in this New York Times bestselling series features one of America’s greatest civil rights heroes, Martin Luther King, Jr. (Cover may vary)
As a child, Martin Luther King, Jr. was- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 05, 2016
- ISBN10: 0525428526
- Language: English
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Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights
$35.00 Add to cartThe familiar story of civil rights goes like this: once, America’s legal system shut Black people out and refused to recognize their rights, their basic human dignity, or even their very lives. When l
- Author: Penningroth, Dylan C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324093102
- Language: English
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Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote
$18.99 Read moreShortlist, Goddard Riverside/CBC Young People’s Book Prize for Social Justice
This critical civil rights book for middle-graders examines the little-known Tennessee’s Fayette County Tent City Movement- Author: Duncan, Alice Faye
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1684379792
- Language: English
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My Little Golden Book about Martin Luther King Jr.
$5.99 Add to cartLearn all about Martin Luther King Jr. Day with this Little Golden Book biography all about the civil rights leader! The perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers.
This Little Golden Book c- Series: Little Golden Book
- Author: Bader, Bonnie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: December 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0525578706
- Language: English
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Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
$6.99 Add to cartThe story of one of the most influential civil rights activist of our time.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was soon organizing black pe- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Bader, Bonnie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0448447231
- Language: English
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King: A Life
$35.00 Add to cartA finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award
A New York Times bestseller and notable book of 2023 One
Named one of the ten best books of 2023 by The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Time- Author: Eig, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0374279292
- Language: English
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Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics
$30.00 Add to cartCelebrates the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader behind the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
While we can all recall images of Martin Luther King Jr. giving his “I- Author: Long, Michael G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1479818496
- Language: English
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A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington
$19.99 Read moreWinner of the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award
A singular, richly illustrated picture book biography of Bayard Rustin, the gay Black man behind the March on Washington of 1963, by the acclaimed autho- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1250779502
- Language: English
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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
$18.99 Add to cartNational Book Critics Circle Award Winner
New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year
A Boston Globe Best Book of 2016
A Chicag- Author: Anderson, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1632864134
- Language: English
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I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck
$17.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – In his final years, one of America’s greatest writers envisioned a book about his three assassinated friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King. His deeply personal… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Baldwin, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0525434690
- Language: English
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Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity
$21.95 Add to cartHow “colorblindness” in policy and personal practice perpetuate racial inequity in the United States today.
- Series: City Lights Open Media
- Author: Wise, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 01, 2010
- ISBN10: 0872865088
- Language: English
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Lay Bare the Heart: An Autobiography of the Civil Rights Movement
$19.95 Add to cartTexas native James Farmer is one of the “Big Four” of the turbulent 1960s civil rights movement, along with Martin Luther King Jr., Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young. Farmer might be called the forgotten
- Author: Farmer, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: June 01, 1998
- ISBN10: 0875651887
- Language: English
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The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Speech That Inspired a Nation
$21.00 Read moreOn August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., electrified the nation when he delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. In The Dream, Drew D. Hansen explores the fasc
- Author: Hansen, Drew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 293
- Publish Date: April 09 2019
- ISBN10: 0060084774
- Language: English
