civil rights movement

The March Against Fear

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MISSISSIPPI. 1966. On a hot June afternoon, a black man set out to walk across his home state of Mississippi. He walked to confront racial fears, discrimination, and hate. He walked to make a statement. But two days into his journey, James Meredith was shot and wounded in a roadside attack. Leaders of the civil rights movement, including Martin Luther King, Jr., and Stokely Carmichael, rushed to take up his cause. What started as one man's mission became the March Against Fear.

Author: 
Ann Bausum
Lexile: 
1140L
The March Against Fear

Voice of Freedom Fannie Lou Hamer: Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

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"Hard as we work for nothing, there must be some way we can change things...There must be something else."

Voice of Freedom Fannie Lou Hamer: Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

Letter from Birmingham Jail

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Letter written by Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1963 and published in the Atlantic.

Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi

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In 1964, Mississippi civil rights groups banded together to fight Jim Crow laws in a state where only 6.4 percent of eligible black voters were registered. Testing a bold new strategy, they recruited students from across the United States. That summer these young volunteers defied segregation by living with local black hosts, opening Freedom Schools to educate disenfranchised adults and their children, and canvassing door-to-door to register voters.

Author: 
Susan Goldman Rubin
Lexile: 
980L
Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi

We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March

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In 1963, the Civil Rights movement was falling apart. After a series of setbacks across the south, the movement was losing direction and momentum. No southern city was more divided than Birmingham, Alabama, home of the infamous Bull Connor.

Author: 
Cynthia Levinson
Lexile: 
1020L
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March

Rosa

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An inspiring account of an event that shaped American history

Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This picture- book tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed.

Award-winning poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovanni's evocative text combines with Bryan Collier's striking cut-paper images to retell the story of this historic event from a wholly unique and original perspective.

Author: 
Nikki Giovanni
Lexile: 
900L

Martin's Big Words

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This picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Brings his life and the profound nature of his message to young children through his own words. Martin Luther King, Jr. , Was one of the most influential and gifted speakers of all time. Doreen Rappaport uses quotes from some of his most beloved speeches to tell the story of his life and his work in a simple, direct way. Bryan Collier's stunning collage art combines remarkable watercolor paintings with vibrant patterns and textures. A timeline and a lsit of additional books and web sites help make this a standout biography of Dr.

Author: 
Doreen Rappaport
Lexile: 
AD410L

Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later (2007)

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In 1957, Little Rock Central High School became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement when, in defiance of federal orders to integrate the school, the Governor of Arkansas called out the National Guard to prevent nine African-American students from entering the building.

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Length: 
01:10
Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later

Nine From Little Rock (2005)

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The heroism of nine students in Little Rock, Arkansas
Pioneers of desegregation

Nine From Little Rock chronicles the Arkansas school integration crisis and the changes wrought in subsequent years.

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Middle
High
Length: 
00:19
Nine From Little Rock

Freedom Riders (2011)

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In 1961, segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on American society. Many states violently enforced the policy, while the federal government, under the Kennedy administration, remained indifferent, preoccupied with matters abroad.

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Middle
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02:00
Freedom Riders

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