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• And We Rise

  the Civil Rights Movement in Poems

  Martin, Erica (Halcyenda Erica),

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  A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s-1960s America in spare and evocative verse, with historical photos interspersed throughout. In stunning verse and vivid use of white…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I RISE

  ARNOLD, MARIE

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  "A love letter to Harlem and hope. I Rise is smart and funny and full of heart.*" Fourteen-year-old Ayo who has to decide whether to take on her mother's activist role when her mom is shot by police. As she tries to find answers, Ayo…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unequal

  a Story of America

  Dyson, Michael Eric,

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  New York Times bestselling author Michael Eric Dyson and critically acclaimed author Marc Favreau show how racial inequality permeates every facet of American society, through the lens of those pushing for meaningful change. The true…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kids on the March

  15 Stories of Speaking Out, Protesting, and Fighting for Justice

  Long, Michael G.,

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  From the March on Washington to March for Our Lives to Black Lives Matter, the powerful stories of kid-led protest in America.   Kids have always been activists. They have even launched movements. Long before they could vote, kids have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Burning

  Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

  Madigan, Tim, 1957-

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• The African American Press

  Miller, Derek L.,

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  Many important Americans, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Frederick Douglass, had ties to newspapers that advocated for equal rights, discussed issues central to the lives of African Americans, and reported on stories the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Understanding Your Civil Rights

  Seidman, David

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  A captivating narrative about the civil rights of African Americans, Native Americans, American women, immigrants, prisoners, and gays and lesbians, this resource immerses readers in the historical events that helped win and protect basic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• March. Book Two

  Lewis, John, 1940-2020

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  Congressman John Lewis , an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, continues his award-winning graphic novel trilogy with co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell , inspired by a 1950s comic book that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom

  My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March

  Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950-

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  memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes A Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor Book Kirkus Best Books of 2015 Booklist Editors' Choice 2015 BCCB Blue Ribbon 2015 As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Port Chicago 50

  Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

  Sheinkin, Steve

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  An astonishing World War II military story of civil rights from New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin. A National Book Award Finalist A YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist A School…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• March. Book One

  Lewis, John, 1940-2020

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  Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We've Got a Job

  the 1963 Birmingham Children's March

  Levinson, Cynthia

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  Essential reading on American and Black history, race, protest and youth activism. The inspiring story of the 1963 Birmingham Children's March, one of the greatest moments in civil rights history, as seen through the eyes of four young…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To the Mountaintop!

  My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement

  Hunter-Gault, Charlayne

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  A personal history of the civil rights movement from activist and acclaimed journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault. On January 20, 2009, 1.8 million people crowded the grounds of the Capitol to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama. Among…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Marching to the Mountaintop

  How Poverty, Labor Fights, and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Final Hours

  Bausum, Ann

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  In early 1968 the grisly on-the-job deaths of two African-American sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, prompted an extended strike by that city's segregated force of trash collectors. Workers sought union protection, higher wages,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Spies of Mississippi

  the True Story of the Spy Agency That Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement

  Bowers, Rick, 1952-

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  The Spies of Mississippi is a compelling story of how state spies tried to block voting rights for African Americans during the Civil Rights era. This book sheds new light on one of the most momentous periods in American history. Author…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Civil Rights Movement

  Striving for Justice

  McNeese, Tim

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  Thanks largely to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case of 1954, which declared that separate educational facilities were inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional, the civil rights movement began to gain…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Living Through the Civil Rights Movement

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  This book captures the tenor of life during the anxious era of the civil rights movement, with a special emphasis on its impact on everyday society. The speeches of political leaders convey the rhetoric of the times. Newspaper and magazine…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The American Civil Rights Movement

  the African-American Struggle for Equality

  Altman, Linda Jacobs, 1943-

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  In this sweeping survey, author Linda Jacobs Altman covers the history of the civil rights movement in America, including slavery, the Jim Crow era, achievements of the 1950s and 1960s, and the current situation. Using the stories and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daisy Bates

  Civil Rights Crusader

  Polakow, Amy, 1958-

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  Daisy Bates's life began in a small sawmill town in southern Arkansas. Growing up in the '20s and '30s, Daisy noticed the difference between the way blacks and whites were treated. Upon finding out that her birth mother had been murdered…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Civil Rights Movement

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  When slavery ended in the United States, white America's opinion that blacks were second-class citizens did not. For more than a century afterward African Americans struggled to obtain basic rights and change resistant attitudes in a…Read moreRead more of this annotation