civil rights

"Explains the Bill of Rights in a way kids can understand, with the primary-source document side by side with the explanation"--Amazon.com.

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces the Bill of Rights to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--.

Rosa Parks makes a special visit to the Sweets Shop and whisks Finley and Fiona away on a historic journey of courage.

Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on the events of the late 1970s which saw continuing conflicts over women's rights, affirmative action, and busing.

Contains entries that discuss aspects of civil rights and liberties, covering major historical developments and social movements, key legislation, Supreme Court decisions, influential individuals, Constitutional provisions, and groups and organizations; arranged alphabetically from A to E.

Explores the work President Lyndon B. Johnson did in order to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to pass and become a law in America.

Explores the history of the Civil Rights movement in the United States.

Contains episodes eleven and twelve of "Freedom: A History of US," which looks at America in the early twentieth century, covering the Wright brothers' invention of the airplane, joining the fight in World War I, women's suffrage, and the 1920s; as well as the stock market crash, Great Depression, New Deal, and joining the fight in World War II.

Revisiting episodes from the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, . . . highlights the essential lessons that modern-day activists and the civically minded can extract and embrace in order to move forward and create change. In words and . . . pen-and-watercolor illustrations, journalist Christopher Noxon dives into the real stories behind the front lines of the Montgomery bus boycott and the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins and notable figures such as Rosa Parks and Bayard Rustin, all while exploring the parallels between the civil rights movement era and the present moment.