Books with title Fighting for Civil Rights

Flash Points: Stand Up! guides readers through crucial moments in the American Civil Rights Movement. Students will learn about these important struggles, and about the people who built the foundation of the ongoing fight for equality in America.Flash Points is a nonfiction series that showcases critical turning points in history, with subjects ranging from space exploration to civil rights. Each Flash Points title focuses on one overarching subject, and each book highlights four related historical events. Students will be invited to consider the causes of these events, their consequences, and their broader impact on the world.Featuring fun facts, asides, key words, and comprehension questions, Flash Points is a high-interest low-level series that will keep students engaged while teaching them about important historical events.

Packed with reproducible primary sources—from an NAACP pamphlet to Jim Crow-era signs—this collection of authentic documents will capture students' interest in the events and people of the Civil Rights movement. Teaching materials provide background information, document-based discussion questions, and reproducibles that help kids analyze and evaluate each historical document. For use with Grades 4-8.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader. Fannie Lou Hamer, founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. The Little Rock Nine, pioneers in social integration. Whether marching, speaking, or simply going to school, these brave men and women fought to advance social justice. David A. Adler's moving biographies and Bill Farnsworth's evocative paintings honor these Americans who risked their own lives so that others could enjoy their rights.

The Civil Rights Movement was an organized protest by Black Americans against their government and the refusal to obey unjust laws during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. This important book details the evidence in the decades before the movement that led up to the protests: black Americans were denied the right to vote, work, and become citizens. Readers will learn how prejudice and circumstances at the time of an event can influence people's interpretation of evidence.

What was it like to be an African American in the 1950s and 1960s? What was it like to take part in a civil rights protest? What was it like to be a witness to history? Step back in time to the civil rights protests and see history through the eyes of those who lived it. Discover what it was like to be one of the first African-American students to go to a white high school in the state of Arkansas. Find out about the determination of the Freedom Riders. Read how a new education program changed the life of an African-American student.

Jackie Robinson plays his first game for the Dodgers in 1947. Hundreds of people boycott buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Seventeen people are killed in a march for voting equality. Two athletes at the 1968 Olympics hold up their fists in a Black Power salute. These powerful moments in the American Civil Rights Movement brought racial inequality into the public eye and transformed the United States' social and legal structure. Flash Points: Stand Up! examines these moments in history, as African Americans fought and won battles for equal treatment.

This book tells you all about the struggle for civil rights in the United States. It tracks the momentous events from the abolition of slavery in 1865 to Martin Luther King's death in 1968, and vividly describes the heroism of people like Rosa Parks and James Meredith in the long fight for justice and equality. Find out: What was life like for African Americans in the South before segregation ended? Who were the 'Little Rock Nine?' Who was Medgar Evers?

Learn all about the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Freedom Riders, and the steps that brave African Americans took to help the Civil Rights Movement. Students can engage in the story by acting out this leveled script, which includes six roles that are written at varying reading levels, supporting differentiation and English language learner strategies. Teachers can implement specific strategies to assign roles to students based on their individual reading levels. This helpful feature is an easy way for teachers to get all of their students involved and engaged in an activity. All students will gain confidence and feel successful while building fluency, regardless of their current reading ability. This script also features a song and poem relating to the story. Through performing this story together, students will practice valuable skills like interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures. All of the features in this dynamic, leveled script make it a great resource for an entire classroom of young readers.

The Civil Rights Movement was an organized protest by Black Americans against their government and the refusal to obey unjust laws during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. This important book details the evidence in the decades before the movement that led up to the protests: black Americans were denied the right to vote, work, and become citizens. Readers will learn how prejudice and circumstances at the time of an event can influence people's interpretation of evidence.