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Sit-ins and Freedom Rides
David Aretha
Library Binding (Morgan Reynolds Pub, May 1, 2009)Describes the history of nonviolent protest during the Civil Rights movement in the United States, focusing on cases of sit-ins--utilized to protest segregation in restaurants--and freedom rides--designed to desegregate interstate buses.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
David Aretha
Library Binding (Morgan Reynolds Pub, Sept. 1, 2008)Discusses the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest against the infringement of African Americans' civil rights, including the backlash caused by the boycott and the effects of the start of the Civil Rights movement.
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Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1963 March on Washington
David Aretha
Library Binding (Morgan Reynolds Pub, Jan. 1, 2014)Looks at the rise of Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement leading up to the 1963 March on Washington where King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, presenting details about the march and those who took part.
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Backlash: Race Riots in the Jim Crow Era
Calvin Craig Miller
Library Binding (Morgan Reynolds Pub, July 6, 2011)A history of the incidents of racial violence that occurred in the United States during the Jim Crow era.
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Black Power
David Aretha
Library Binding (Morgan Reynolds Pub, April 28, 2011)Examines the history of the Black Power movement, from its beginnings as an alternate to the nonviolent civil rights movement, to the race riots, and the backlash it faced from mainstream America.
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The Trial of the Scottsboro Boys
David Aretha
Library Binding (Morgan Reynolds Pub, Nov. 15, 2007)Details the 1931 trial of nine African American youths who were accused of raping two white women on a train after a dispute with other white riders.
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The Murder of Emmett Till
David Aretha
Library Binding (Morgan Reynolds Pub, Nov. 15, 2007)Discusses the murder of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi; the trial, in which the men who later confessed to the murder were acquitted; and the incident's effect on the fledgling civil rights movement.
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With All Deliberate Speed: Court-ordered Busing and American Schools
David Aretha
Library Binding (Morgan Reynolds Pub, July 6, 2011)A history of the controversial use of school busing in the effort to achieve school integration.
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Brown V. Board of Education
David Aretha
Library Binding (Morgan Reynolds Publishing, July 1, 2013)Discusses the historical background that led up to the landmark court case and gives additional information on integration through 2009.
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Amos Esty
Library Binding (Morgan Reynolds Pub, July 6, 2011)Examines the 1892 court case that arose when Homer Plessy, an African American, entered a white-only railroad car to test the legality of segregation, places it in context, and discusses the consequences when the Supreme Court ruled against him.
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The Murder of Emmett Till
Henrietta Toth
Paperback (Rosen Young Adult, Jan. 15, 2018)"In August 1955, Emmett Till was a fourteen-year-old African American teenager on vacation. He had traveled to visit relatives in rural Mississippi. He would return home to Chicago to be buried. Emmett Till was murdered by two white men, making him a victim of racial violence that galvanized the unfolding civil rights movement. This account details the circumstances of his abduction, murder, and funeral, plus the subsequent trial. Readers will learn how his legacy still resonates today and how emerging information sheds a different light on what really happened to him"--
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Selma and the Voting Rights Act
David Aretha
Library Binding (Morgan Reynolds Pub, Nov. 15, 2007)Describes the voting rights demonstrations held in Selma, Alabama, in 1965, the violence that met the protesters' attempt to march to the state capitol building in Montgomery, and the reforms that occured as a result of their protests.
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