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Summary: "This powerful and triumphant picture book biography tells the story of Bayard Rustin, an openly gay civils rights leader, who, with the support of Dr. King and future congressman John Lewis, led 250,000 people to the doorstep of the U.S. government demanding change"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUSLake, Theia
Summary: "Martin Luther King Jr.'s work in the civil rights movement transformed American and world history. In this educational text, readers will come to understand the significance of King's leadership and his lasting legacy. Historical photographs bring the information to life and sidebars feature interesting information, which adds dimension to the text. An informative timeline highlights key...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KINPatrick, Denise Lewis
Summary: The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, but how did she come to be so brave?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PATNnachi, Ngeri
Summary: "Voting gives people a voice in their communities. In the past, racist laws and practices kept Black American voices silent. No place was more affected by this racism than the state of Mississippi. In 1964, organizers and volunteers brought change to Mississippi. This movement to register Black voters became known as Freedom Summer, and it led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976.2 NNAWallace, 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 NASWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: "On August 28, 1963, a quarter of a million activists and demonstrators from every corner of the United States convened for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was there that they raised their voices in unison to call for racial and economic justice for all Black Americans, to call out inequities, and ultimately to advance the Civil Rights Movement. Every movement has its unsung...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUSKurtz, Jane.
Summary: In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that proclaimed that it was time -- long overdue -- for all people to be treated as equals. Today his beliefs are more important than ever, and author Jane Kurtz explains Dr. King's words in language even the youngest reader can understand.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2008
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Summary: "Series continuation, biographies of women in history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920.72 RODSarsour, Linda
Summary: "An inspiring and empowering young readers edition of We Are Not Here to be Bystanders, the memoir by Women's March coorganizer and activist Linda Sarsour.You can count on me, your Palestinian Muslim sister, to keep her voice loud, keep her feet on the streets, and keep my head held high because I am not afraid. On January 17, 2017, Linda Sarsour stood in the National Mall to deliver a speech...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SARBridges, Ruby
Summary: Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. She established the Ruby Bridges Foundation to promote tolerance and to create change through education. She traveled across the US, listening to the inspiring voices of young children.Dear Ruby: Hear Our Hearts is a compilation of letters from concerned young students about today's issues, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books. an Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE BRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRIKing, Coretta Scott
Summary: This picture book adaptation of her critically acclaimed adult memoir paints a vivid portrait of the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a singular 20th-century American civil and human rights activist who fought for justice against all odds, becoming an unforgettable champion of social change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 921 KINWatson, Bruce
Summary: "In the summer of 1964, as the Civil Rights movement boiled over, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent more than seven hundred college students to Mississippi to help black Americans already battling for democracy, their dignity and the right to vote. The campaign was called "Freedom Summer." But on the evening after volunteers arrived, three young civil rights workers went...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323.1196 WATHubbard, Crystal
Summary: "Starting in the 1960s, John Lewis began his activism alongside civil rights legend and good friend Martin Luther King Jr. He participated in many now-historic events, including the 1963 March on Washington, the Freedom Rides, and the Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. John continued his impactful career when he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1986. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEWBausum, Ann
Summary: Explores the March Against Fear, a protest started by James Meredith and taken up by other civil rights leaders after Meredith was shot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Partners 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323 BAUHarris, Duchess.
Summary: Aretha Franklin was a legendary singer and activist. Her music helped shape the civil rights movement and inspired many people. Aretha Franklin: Legendary Singer explores her life and legacy. Includes infographics and glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FRANKLIN HARAlko, Selina
Summary: Presents quotes on civil rights from important and influential figures, including Queen Lili'uokalani, John Lewis, Nina Simone, and Barack Obama.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.092 ALKJohnson, Dinah
Summary: "A picture book biography about Ida B. Wells and her life as a suffragist, with a focus on the Women's March of 1913"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WELCline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "In a beautiful prose telling, the story of a groundbreaking civil rights leader, John Lewis. John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama to join the fight for civil rights. He was only a teenager. He soon became a leader of a moment that changed a nation. Walking at the side of his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Lewis was led by his belief in peaceful action and voting rights. Today and always...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEWGrant, Kesha
Summary: "Introduces the reader to women's rights movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, An imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.092 GRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 GRAAnderson, Beth
Summary: After being denied a seat on a New York City streetcar, Elizabeth Jennings begins the fight for equality by telling her story in churches, to newspapers, and finally in the courtroom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JENPinkney, Andrea Davis
Summary: "When young Tybre Faw discovers Congressman John Lewis and his heroic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the fight for the right to vote -- Tybre is determined to meet him. Tybre's two grandmothers take him on the seven-hour drive to Selma, Alabama, where Lewis invites Tybre to join him in the annual memorial walk across the Bridge. And so begins a most amazing friendship! In rich, poetic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEWLevinson, Cynthia
Summary: Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this picture book that proves you're never too little to make a difference. Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks intended to go places and do things like anybody else. So when she heard grown-ups talk about wiping out Birmingham's segregation laws, she spoke up. As she listened to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB HENDRICKS LEVPatrick, Denise Lewis
Summary: "From the time John Lewis asked Dr. Martin Luther King to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown as teenager, he never stopped organizing, from Freedom Rides, to the marches in Selma and Washington, and more. Introduce readers to his concept of getting into "good trouble" in this Level 3 Ready-to-Read book"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE PATCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE PATDray, Philip.
Summary: Presents a life of the African American journalist who was born a slave and went on to become a respected teacher and journalist, and who is best remembered for her campaign through her writings to eliminate lynching in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2008