Civil rights workers - United States
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Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank
$17.99 Read moreAnne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr. were born the same year a world apart. Both faced ugly prejudices and violence, which both answered with words of love and faith in humanity. This is the story of
- Author: Churnin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1939547539
- Language: English
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Bus Ride to Justice (Revised Edition): Changing the System by the System, the Life and Works of Fred Gray
$30.95 Add to cartFirst published in 1995, Bus Ride to Justice, the best-selling autobiography by acclaimed civil rights attorney Fred D. Gray, appears now in a newly revised edition that updates Gray’s remarkable care
- Author: Gray, Fred D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1588384519
- Language: English
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Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Path to Kindness
$18.99 Read moreI bet you didn’t know that young Eleanor Roosevelt was:
– Afraid of most animals as a child.
– An orphan by the age of ten.
– Taken under the wing of her boarding school headmistress.
– Became an in… [more below]- Author: Becker, Helaine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 316316415
- Language: English
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The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover the life of Martin Luther King Jr.–a story about standing up for civil rights for kids ages 6 to 9
Martin Luther King Jr. became one of the most important civil rights leaders in America by- Series: The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers
- Author: Platt, Christine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 68
- Publish Date: June 30 2020
- ISBN10: 1641529547
- Language: English
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Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round: My Story of the Making of Martin Luther King Day
$16.99 Add to cartThis brilliant memoir-in-verse tells the moving story of how a nation learned to celebrate a hero. Through years of protests and petition, Kathlyn’s story highlights the foot soldiers who fought to ma
- Author: Kirkwood, Kathlyn J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0358387264
- Language: English
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Fannie Lou Hamer: The Courageous Woman Who Marched for Dignity
$14.99 Add to cartRead the true story of Fannie Lou Hamer, a Civil Rights activist who courageously stood up for the vulnerable and contended for the rights of unborn children.
Living in Mississippi, “Mother Hamer” left
- Series: Do Great Things for God
- Author: Ellis, K. a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1784989436
- Language: English
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Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King Jr.
$8.99 Add to cartLet the Scholastic Bookshelf be your guide through the whole range of your child’s experiences: laugh with them, learn with them, read with them Sixteen best-selling titles available now
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- Series: Scholastic Bookshelf
- Author: Marzollo, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 1, 2006
- ISBN10: 0439782244
- Language: English
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Dear Ruby, Hear Our Hearts
$18.99 Add to cartNational civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges responds to letters from thoughtful and concerned young students from across America.
“I’ve heard their hearts and now share those hearts with you.
- Author: Bridges, Ruby
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 02, 2024
- ISBN10: 1338753916
- Language: English
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Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America
$30.00 Add to cart#1 New York Times Bestseller
“Medgar Evers deserves a place alongside Malcolm X and Dr. King in our historical memory. Evers, with Myrlie as his partner in activism and in life, was doing civil rights
- Author: Reid, Joy-Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0063068796
- 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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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
