Linda Barrett Osborne shows the day to day experiences of African Americans in the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, a time of a deeply divided racially segrated United States of America. The information gleaned from photographs and interviews shows an America who used the labor and military service of a previously enslaved people but refused equality or recognition of that which was evident. The author presents a painful and powerful...

"Cassie Logan, first met in Song of the Trees and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, is a young woman now, searching for her place in the world, a journey that takes her from Toledo to California, to law school in Boston, and, ultimately, in the 60s, home to Mississippi to participate in voter registration. She is witness to the now-historic events of the century: the Great Migration north, the rise of the civil rights movement, preceded and precipitated...

"The untold story of the woman whose music and afro inspired a generation, whose voice provided a soundtrack for the unfolding civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s"--

Interview provides additional information on Bilingual Education and Esl Education in Arlington as well as the development of the Arlington Mill Community Center.

"Stokely Carmichael, the charismatic and controversial black activist, stepped onto the pages of history when he called for "Black Power" during a speech one humid Mississippi night in 1966. Carmichael's life changed that day, and so did America's struggle for civil rights. "Black Power" became the slogan of an era, provoking a national reckoning on race and democracy. In Stokely, preeminent civil rights scholar Peniel E. Joseph presents a groundbreaking...

Discover the true story of NFL star Ernie Barnes a boy who followed his dreams and became one of the most influential artists of his generation with this beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

Set in Mississippi in 1964, this controversial film is based on the true story of the case of three young civil rights workers (in real life they were named James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner) who were brutally murdered in June of 1964. The chaotic aftermath was dubbed Mississippi Burning. This movie is told from the perspective of the FBI's operations to uncover evidence and bring the killers to justice. Anger over the real...

"Series continuation. Narrative nonfiction, key events of the Civil Rights Movement in the years spanning from 1939-1954. Photographs throughout"-- " Key events prior to the heart of the Civil Rights Movement will be brought to life in this series continuation.The years spanning from 1939-1954 opens the door to discovering how this specific time period, prior to and following WWII, brought about change and how it still affects us as a society today....

"This is the story of two men, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rabbi Joachim Prinz, an immigrant from Nazi Germany, with a shared belief that remaining silent in the face of injustice was wrong"--