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1) The girl from the tar paper school: Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1100L
Language
English
Description
Before the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr. and his March on Washington, there was Barbara Rose Johns, a teenager who used nonviolent civil disobedience to draw attention to her cause. In 1951, witnessing the unfair conditions in her racially segregated high school, Barbara Johns led a walkout—the first public protest of its kind demanding racial equality in the U.S.—jumpstarting the American civil rights movement....
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland was a white teenager in the South during segregation who put herself on the front lines of the civil rights struggle. This is the first biography about her experiences, published simultaneously in picture book and middle grade editions, detailing the many events she participated in.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 750L
Language
English
Description
A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader who helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
For twelve history-making days in May 1961, thirteen black and white civil rights activists, also known as the Freedom Riders, traveled by bus into the South to draw attention to the unconstitutional segregation still taking place. Despite their peaceful protests, the Freedom Riders were met with increasing violence the further south they traveled.
Author
Publisher
Morgan Reynolds Pub
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Looks at the life of Bayard Rustin, an organizer behind the scenes of the civil rights movement whose ideas influenced Martin Luther King, Jr. Rustin - grandson of a former slave - was a talented musician, writer, and committed activist and organizer who worked closely with such luminaries as Martin Luther King Jr. and A. Philip Randolph. He is responsible for introducing Gandhi's principles of nonviolent protest to many in the Civil Rights Movement,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Dare to Dream chronicles the vision and life of Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and provides young readers with a clear, concise chronology of the civil rights movement. Through years of turmoil and violent hatred that deprived a movement of its greatest leader, Coretta Scott King has remained a lasting figure of peace and harmony.
