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Author
Publisher
G. Stevens
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life of Nobel Prize-winning civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The work of the black American leader and his struggle for civil rights. A quickly paced, brief biography that concentrates on the contributions of Dr. King.
42) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life and accomplishments of Rosa Parks.
44) Selma
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Dramatizes the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches.
46) Coretta Scott
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Martin Luther King's wife, Coretta, who in her own right, was a civil rights pioneer who experienced the injustices of the segregated South and who continued her husband's mission after his assassination.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
History notes that the ugly feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., marked by years of illegal surveillance and the accumulation of secret files, ended on April 4, 1968 when King was assassinated by James Earl Ray. But that may not have been the case. Now, fifty years later, former Justice Department agent, Cotton Malone, must reckon with the truth of what really happened that fateful day in Memphis. It all turns on an incident from...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the United States, racial profiling affects thousands of Americans every day. Both individuals and institutions such as law enforcement agencies, government bodies, and schools routinely use race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of an offense. Explores the history, the many manifestations, and the consequences of this form of social injustice.
Author
Series
America in the King years volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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. Additional features include detailed captions and sidebars, critical-thinking questions,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The world's first democracy, the United States, was founded in large part as a reaction against religious oppression. So it's no surprise that the protection of rights to religious and cultural beliefs and practices are cornerstones of democratic societies. And yet, even in our heterogeneous world, protections for ethnic and religious minorities can seem fragile at best. The benefits of democracy can be found in every part of the globe. Since the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Profiles individuals involved in such issues as representative government, equal rights, worker's rights, and freedom of information, including activists in Hong Kong, Black Lives Matter leaders, and Edward Snowden. --Publisher.
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