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Include books by the same authorThe Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage
Selina Alko
The story of interracial couple Mildred and Richard Perry, who got married in Washington, D.C., and were arrested after they returned to Virginia, and took their legal case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. This tribute to the Loving family describes how they were arrested in mid-twentieth-century Virginia for violating laws against interracial marriage and argued their case all the way to t
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson · 32 pages
Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King Jr.
Jean Marzollo · 32 pages
A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
David A. Adler
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
Pam Munoz Ryan · 40 pages
An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.
The Story of Ruby Bridges
Robert Coles · 32 pages
For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.
Nelson Mandela
Kadir Nelson · 40 pages
Presents a biography of the former South African president best known for his political activism and fight to end apartheid.
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
Kathleen Krull · 48 pages
A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions.
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
Cynthia Levinson · 40 pages
Presents the life of nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks who became the youngest known child to be arrested for picketing against Birmingham segregation practices in 1963.
Rosa
Nikki Giovanni · 34 pages
The story of Rosa Parks and her courageous act of defiance. Provides the story of the young black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in Alabama, setting in motion all the events of the Civil Rights Movements that resulted in the end of the segregated south, gave equality to blacks throughout the nation, and forever changed the country in which we all live today. She had not
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Doreen Rappaport · 40 pages
A brief biographical sketch of Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest figures in the American civil rights movement.
Ron's Big Mission
Rose Blue, Corinne J. Naden
One summer day in 1959, nine-year-old Ron McNair, who dreams of becoming a pilot, walks into the Lake City, South Carolina, public library and insists on checking out some books, despite the rule that only white people can have library cards. Includes facts about McNair, who grew up to be an astronaut.
The Golden Voice of Africa
Karen Ehrhardt; illustrated by Colin Bootman
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer
Carole Boston Weatherford · 45 pages
Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer.
Maria and the Cave Paintings
by Barbara Lowell; illustrated by Elke Boschinger
Enormous Smallness: A Story of E. E. Cummings
Matthew Burgess
"Enormous Smallness is a nonfiction picture book about the poet E. E. Cummings. Here E.E.'s life is presented in a way that will make children curious about him and will lead them to play with words and ask plenty of questions as well. Lively and informative, the book also presents some of Cummings's most wonderful poems, integrating them seamlessly into the story to give the reader the music of h
Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving
Laurie Halse Anderson · 40 pages
Gingerbread for Liberty!: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution
Mara Rockliff · 32 pages
"A stirring picture book biography about a forgotten hero of the American Revolution who rose to the occasion and served his country, not with muskets or canons, but with gingerbread!"-- This picture-book biography introduces a forgotten hero of the American Revolution who rose to the occasion and served his country, not with muskets or canons, but with gingerbread.
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
Kathryn Gibbs Davis · 40 pages
Capturing an engineer's creative vision and mind for detail, this fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossible odds to invent the world's most iconic amusement park attraction, the Ferris wheel. Capturing an engineer's creative vision and mind for detail, this biography sheds light on how the American inven
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
Chris Barton · 33 pages
Chronicles the life and achievements of the NASA engineer and inventor, from his childhood to his accidental invention of the Super Soaker water gun.