Civil Rights Movement

A collection of non-fiction and fiction books on the Civil Rights Movement primarily for high school students 9^th grade and up. I know I went overboard with the number of titles, but they all looked interesting and informative to students.

~Beth Grimes

Allen, Z. (1996). Black women leaders of the civil rights movement. Danbury, CT: Franklin Watts.

Baldwin, J. (2000). The fire next time. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Bausum, A. (2006). Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the front lines of the civil rights movement. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.

Beals, M. (2007). Warriors don't cry: the searing memoir of the battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High. New York, NY: Simon Pulse.

Bridges, R., & Lundell, M. (1999). Through my eyes. New York, NY: Scholastic Press.

Bullard, S. (1994). Free at last: a history of the Civil Rights Movement and those who died in the struggle. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Crowe, C. (2003). Getting away with murder: the true story of the Emmett Till case. New York, NY: Phyllis Fogelman Books.

Crowe, C. (2003). Mississippi trial, 1955. New York, NY: Speak/Penguin Group.

Curtis, C. P. (2000). The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963: a novel. New York, NY: Dell Laurel Leaf.

Davis, O. (1995). Just like Martin. New York, NY: Puffin Books.

Grant, J. (1999). Ella Baker: freedom bound. New York, NY: Wiley.

Helfer, A., & DuBurke, R. (2006). Malcolm X: a graphic biography. New York, NY: Hill and Wang.

Hoose, P. M. (2009). Claudette Colvin: twice toward justice. New York: Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar Straus Giroux.

Johnston, T. (2007). Bone by bone by bone. New York, NY: Roaring Brook Press.

Kasher, S. (1996). The civil rights movement: a photographic history, 1954-68. New York, NY: Abbeville Press.

King, M. L., & Jackson, J. (2000). Why we can't wait. New York, NY: Signet Classic.

LaNier, C. W., & Page, L. F. (2009). A mighty long way: my journey to justice at Little Rock Central High School. New York, NY: One World Ballantine Books.

Levine, E. (2000). Freedom's children: young civil rights activists tell their own stories. New York, NY: Puffin Books.

Magoon, K. (2010). The rock and the river. New York, NY: Aladdin.

Mayer, R. H. (2004). The Civil Rights Act of 1964. San Diego: Greenhaven Press.

Mills, K. (2007). This little light of mine: the life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.

Moody, A. (2004). Coming of age in Mississippi. New York, NY: Delta Trade Paperbacks.

Morrison, T. (2004). Remember: the journey to school integration. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Parks, R., & Haskins, J. (1999). Rosa Parks: my story. New York, NY: Puffin Books.

Partridge, E. (2009). Marching for freedom: walk together, children, and don't you grow weary. New York, NY: Viking.

Sharenow, R. (2007). My mother the cheerleader: a novel. New York, NY: HarperCollins.

Stanton, M. (2000). From Selma to sorrow: the life and death of Viola Liuzzo. Athens: University of Georgia Press.

Thomas, J. C., & James, C. (2003). Linda Brown, you are not alone: the Brown v. Board of Education decision: a collection. New York: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children.

Till-Mobley, M., & Benson, C. (2005). Death of innocence: the story of the hate crime that changed America. New York, NY: Ballantine Books.

Turck, M. (2009). Freedom song: young voices and the struggle for civil rights. Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press.

Watson, B. (2010). Freedom summer: the savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy. New York, NY: Viking.

Williams, J. (1988). Eyes on the prize: America's civil rights years, 1954-1965. New York, NY: Penguin Books.

X, M., & Breitman, G. (1990). Malcolm X speaks: selected speeches and statements.                     

            New York, NY: Grove Weidenfeld.