Rosa Parks,whose acts of civil disobedience led to the 1956 Supreme Court order to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama, explains what she did and why.
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A contemporary schoolgirl boards the bus on which Rosa Parks rode in 1955.
A short introduction to the life of the woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the early days of the Civil Rights Movement.
Correspondence between Rosa Parks and various children in which the "Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement" answers questions and encourages young people to reach their highest potential.
This book highlights the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child, detailing 54 principle rights for children worldwide.
Melody and her cousin discover 12 paintings in the attic, each of which depicts a famous African-American woman.
Poems and traditional chants that focus on common issues and concerns of children everywhere.
The experiences of the "Little Rock Nine," the first black students to begin the integration of schools in Arkansas in 1957.
A history of the evolution of America's civil liberties.
The is a story about 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford, one of the nine students of "The Little Rock Nine" that changed history.
In 1955 the all-black Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars team was formed in Charleston, South Carolina in the hopes of playing in the state’s annual Tournament, but all of the white teams pull out of the official Little League program rather than play against All-Stars.
This illustrated biography celebrates the life of a living legend of U.S. history, a sharecropper’s son who grew up to become a major civil rights leader.
This book is a chronological account of one of the nation's greatest African-American vocalists, from her childhood in Philadelphia through her acclaimed U.S. and European concert tours in the 1920s and 1930s.
This book tells the inspiring story of the teachers, students and community of Whitwell Middle School in Tennessee, and their quest to understand and teach about the Holocaust.
On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, Martin Luther King gave one of the most powerful and memorable speeches in our nation's history.
Renowned educator Christine King Farris, older sister of the late Dr. King, recalls the birth of her two younger brothers and reflects on life in the King household from the vantage point of an older sibling.
Acollection of stories, poems and artwork from 91 survivors of Hurricane Katrina in gardes K-12 from the Biloxi, Mississippi, area.
When Grace’s teacher reveals that the United States has never had a female president, Grace decides to be the first.
Sylvia Mendez and her brothers are excited to attend the neighborhood schools but are turned away and told they have to attend the Mexican school instead.
