Books in Gateway Civil Rights series

An account of the battle for school desegregation in the United States and the court fights and decisions that finally made it illegal focuses on James Meredith's 1962 attempt to enroll in the University of Mississippi.

Presents the life and times of the black civil rights activist who formed CORE and organized the Freedom Rides.

Focuses on the events surrounding James Meredith's efforts to be allowed to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962.

A biography of the civil rights activist who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which acted as a labor union for Pullman car porters, and crusaded for equal rights for blacks in the armed forces, military industries, and in labor unions.

An illustrated biography recounts the colorful and adventurous life of Harriet Tubman, the heroic woman who led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

Describes the life and accomplishments of the civil rights worker who took a controversial, aggressive stance in his struggle for black rights in the 1960s.

John Brown was one of the most daring men in the history of civil rights. He hated slavery. His attempts to free the slaves cost a number of lives and helped, indirectly, to bring on the Civil War.

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Recounts the story of the violent Virginia slave rebellion led by Nat Turner, which shocked the country and became a precursor to the Civil War.

Recounts the life and accomplishments of the founder of Tuskeegee Institute, the most prominent spokesman for African Americans in the latter part of the nineteenth century

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A biography of the abolitionist who believed in using violent means to end slavery.