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Civil Rights Movement in the United States

Abernathy, Donzaleigh. Partners to History : Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and the Civil Rights Movement. Crown, 2003. A photographic history of the civil rights movement by the daughter of Ralph Abernathy, one of its leaders.

Branch, Taylor. At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68. Simon & Schuster, 2006. The third and final volume in Branch's history of Martin Luther King, Jr., covers the march on Selma, Alabama, and the enactment of the Voting Rights Act.

Branch, Taylor. Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963. Simon & Schuster, 1988. Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement are brought to life in this compelling study.

Garrow, David J. Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Morrow, 1986, 1999. Biography of the famous civil rights leader.

Hampton, Henry, and Steve Fayer. Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s. Bantam, 1990, 1991. Substantial collection of oral histories.

Ogletree, Charles J. All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education. Norton, 2004. A history of integration in the United States and an analysis of its failures.

Williams, Juan. Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965. Viking, 1987, Penguin, 1988. Classic oral history; companion to a PBS television series.

For younger readers

Bullard, Sara. Free at Last: A History of the Civil Rights Movement and Those Who Died in the Struggle. Oxford University Press, 1993. For readers in grades 6 and up.

Fradin, Dennis Brindell, and Judith Bloom Fradin.. Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. Clarion, 2000. For middle school and high school readers.

George, Charles. Civil Rights: The Struggle for Black Equality. Lucent, 2001. In the Words That Changed History series, for readers in grades 9 to 12.

Harmon, Rod. American Civil Rights Leaders. Enslow, 2000. For readers in grades 5 to 7.

King, Martin Luther, Jr. I Have a Dream. Scholastic, 1998. Full text of King's speech. For readers in grades 4 to 8.

Landau, Elaine. The Civil Rights Movement in America. Children's Press, 2003. For readers in grades 3 to 5.

Vernell, Marjorie. Leaders of Black Civil Rights. Lucent, 1999. For middle school and high school readers.

Winters, Paul A., ed. The Civil Rights Movement. Greenhaven, 2000. For middle school and high school readers.

Wormser, Richard. The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: The African-American Struggle Against Discrimination. Franklin Watts, 1999. For middle school and high school readers.

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