race relations

Surveys African-American history thematically, exploring the family and church, sex and racism, politics, education, criminal justice and nationalism.

Two black girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new Cadillac until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time.

A short biography of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, chronicling her childhood and early work with the NAACP, as well as the events surrounding the famous Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott which began because of Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.

An African-American family living in the South during the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.

Traces the life of the journalist, focusing on her lifelong fight to stop lynching and to bring the nation's attention to the injustices suffered by blacks. Illustrated with black and white period photographs.

Text and photographs focus on the events surrounding James Meredith's efforts to be allowed to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962.

A brief biography tracing King's involvement in the civil rights movement, from his early years to his assassination in 1968.

Discusses how the African-American community of Montgomery, Alabama, staged the 1955 boycott to end segregation on public buses.

Text and accompanying photographs present a biography of the civil rights activist who devoted her life to helping blacks register to vote and gain a national political voice.

Examines the life of the African-American scholar and leader, with an emphasis on his work for racial equality in the United States.