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Summary: "No discussion of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s is complete without a close look at Martin Luther King Jr. This carefully researched book is an invaluable source of biographical information and uses King's own powerful words to tell the story of his life and the fight for equality. The Montgomery bus boycott, the March on Washington, and the Civil Rights Act are among the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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Summary: "Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 inCalifornia"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.11 TONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J323.11 TONWallace, Sandra Neil
Summary: "A picture book biography of Diane Nash, a Civil Rights Movement leader at the side of Martin Luther King and John Lewis. Born in the 1940s in Chicago, Diane went on to take command of the Nashville Movement, leading lunch counter sit-ins and peaceful marches. Diane decides to fight not with anger or violence, but with love. With her strong words of truth and actions, she works to stop...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 NASWilliams, Yohuru R.
Summary: "An enthralling, eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American hero as a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROBAlbee, Sarah
Summary: Profiles the civil rights leader, discussing his career as a pastor, his fight for African American rights, and his legacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR Blue KINKaiser, Lisbeth
Summary: "Designed specifically for preschool comprehension, a board book introduction to the influential civil rights activist and speaker chronicles his early years, religious leadership and history-shaping work to promote equality for all people"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rise 2020
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Summary: From refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger to sparking civil rights protests across America, explore how Rosa Parks's powerful act earned her the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." A story of resistance, strength, and unwavering spirit, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the life of the American Civil Rights leader -- brought to life by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PARKanefield, Teri
Summary: Describes the peaceful protest organized by teenager Barbara Rose Johns in order to secure a permanent building for her segregated high school in Virginia in 1951, and explains how her actions helped fuel the civil rights movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB POWELL KANSummary: "A history of the African American civil rights movement, based on primary source documents and other historical artifacts. Features include period art works and photographs; excerpts from literary works, letters, speeches, broadcasts, and diaries; summary boxes; a timeline; maps; and a list of additional resources"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.1196 AFRVenable, Rose
Summary: The Civil Rights Movement was a time of drastic change in America. From the end of Reconstruction, when blacks were denied their rights in the South, through the Montgomery bus boycott and Dr. Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech, to the election of the first black president of the United States, witness the events that forever changed the way we look at race.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.1196 VENGoldstone, Lawrence
Summary: An evocative chronicle of the battle that led to America's landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling shares insights into the abuses of the "separate but equal" system and how such courageous activists as Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois helpedend legal segregation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323.1196 GOLDyson, Michael Eric
Summary: "Interconnected stories present a picture of racial inequality in America, showing systemic discrimination in all areas of society and showing the unbroken line of Black resistance to this inequality"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323.1 DYSPinkney, Andrea Davis.
Summary: Explores the intersecting lives of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson at the historic moment when their joined voices inspired landmark changes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.092 PINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB KING PINHaskins, James
Summary: Presents the life, words, and principles of the noted civil rights worker through extensive quotations from his speeches and writings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.092 HASLevine, Ellen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1993
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 323.1196 LEVKing, Martin Luther
Summary: "This companion volume to 'A knock at midnight: inspiration from the great sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.' includes the text of his most well-know oration, 'I have a dream,' his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, & 'Beyond Vietnam,' a powerful plea to end the ongoing conflict. Includes contributions from Rosa Parks, Aretha Franklin, the Dalai Lama, & many others. Dr. King is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IPM (Intellectual Properties Management), in association with Warner Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323 KINKing, Martin Luther
Summary: Text of the speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963 describing his visionary dream of equality and brotherhood for humankind. Also includes illustrations by award winning artists depicting scenes described in the speech.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J America KingBullard, Sara.
Summary: An illustrated history of the Civil Rights Movement, including a timeline and profiles of forty people who gave their lives in the movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323 BULBranch, Taylor.
Summary: Branch condenses his three-volume chronicle on race and democracy to its pivotal scenes, taking listeners on a journey in to a political revolution that would change the face of America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 323.0973 BRALevine, Ellen.
Summary: Southern blacks who were young and involved in the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s describe their experiences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 LEVHill, Norman
Summary: The remarkable story of a couple who came together during the civil rights movement and made fighting for equality and civil and workers' rights their purpose for more than sixty years, overcoming adversity--with the strength of their love and commitment--to bring about meaningful change. "A chronicle of lives of unwavering dedication. Now in their 80s, labor and civil rights activists Norman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regalo Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 HILBranch, Taylor.
Summary: Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 BRABranch, Taylor.
Summary: In Pillar of Fire, the second volume of his America in the King Years trilogy, Taylor Branch portrays the civil rights era at its zenith. The first volume, Parting the Waters, won the Pulitzer Prize for History. Pillar of Fire covers the far-flung upheavals of the years 1963 to 1965 - Dallas, St. Augustine, Mississippi Freedom Summer, LBJ's Great Society and the Civil Rights Act of 1964,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 BRATheoharis, Jeanne
Contents: Introduction: the political uses and misuses of civil rights history and memorialization in the present -- The long movement outside the south: fighting for school desegregation in the "liberal" north -- Revisiting the uprisings of the 1960s and the history of injustice and struggle that preceded them -- Beyond the redneck: polite racism and "the white moderate" -- The media was often an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018