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Step by Step Step by Step Bertie Bowman A great American story of an ordinary man who is living an extraordinary life, Step by Step is the inspiring personal account of Bertie Bowman's remarkable rise from farmer's son in the Jim Crow Sout… OL11782823W
Social scientists for social justice Social scientists for social justice John P. Jackson Kenneth Clark's demonstration that Black children preferred white dolls to black ones was one of many studies to show the debilitating psychological effects of racism and segregation. Clark and other… OL12344259W
Infectious fear Infectious fear Samuel Roberts For most of the first half of the twentieth century, tuberculosis ranked among the top three causes of mortality among urban African Americans. Often afflicting an entire family or large segments of … OL13648812W
Breach of peace Breach of peace Eric Etheridge In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans -- blacks and whites, men and women -- converged on Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge state segregation laws. The Freedom Riders, as they … OL13696393W
The new Jim Crow The new Jim Crow Karen Chilton,Michelle Alexander This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race… OL13826369W
The big sort The big sort Bill Bishop America may be more diverse than ever coast to coast, but the places where we live are becoming increasingly crowded with people who live, think, and vote as we do. We've built a country where we can… OL13850935W
Langston Hughes Langston Hughes Patricia McKissack,Fredrick L. McKissack Simple text and illustrations describe the life of the Harlem poet whose work gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America. OL14860538W
Mary Church Terrell Mary Church Terrell Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of this civil rights activist. OL14860542W
Young Martin's Promise Young Martin's Promise Walter Dean Myers,Alex Haley Young Martin’s Promise is the story of a young Martin Luther King, Jr., and his slow awakening to the existence of segregation. As a child, Martin experiences discrimination that would motivate his e… OL14913071W
Life under the Jim Crow laws Life under the Jim Crow laws George, Charles Discusses the background and effects of the Jim Crow laws that were enacted after the Civil War to keep the races segregated. OL15288174W
Fight against fear Fight against fear Clive Webb "In the uneasily shared history of Jews and blacks in America, the struggle for civil rights in the South may be the least understood episode. Fight against Fear is the first book to focus on Jews an… OL15326841W
The summer we got saved The summer we got saved Pat Cunningham Devoto Three residents of a small Southern town find their lives forever changed as they face the issue of integration in the 1960s. OL15758832W
Grandmama's song Grandmama's song Margaree King Mitchell An eight-year-old girl accompanies her grandmother on a singing tour of the segregated South, both of them knowing that Grandmama's songs have the power to bring people together. OL158234W
Redemption Redemption Nicholas Lemann A century after Appomattox, the civil rights movement won full citizenship for black Americans in the South. It should not have been necessary: by 1870 those rights were set in the Constitution. Jour… OL15839444W
The air between us The air between us Deborah Johnson Revere, Mississippi, with its population of "20,000 and sinking" is not unlike most Southern towns in the sixties. Black people live on one side of town and whites live on the other. The two rarely m… OL15841362W
The starplace The starplace Vicki Grove Thirteen-year-old Frannie learns hard lessons about prejudice and segregation when she becomes friends with a young black girl who moves into her small Oklahoma town in 1961. OL159136W
Caleb's wars Caleb's wars David L. Dudley Fifteen-year-old Caleb's courageous commitment to justice grows as he faces a power struggle with his father, fights to keep both his temper and self-respect in dealing with whites, and puzzles over … OL15946517W
Glory be Glory be Augusta Scattergood In the summer of 1964 as she is about to turn twelve, Glory's town of Hanging Moss, Mississippi, is beset by racial tension when town leaders close her beloved public pool rather than desegregating i… OL16167371W
Plessy v. Ferguson Plessy v. Ferguson Davis, Thomas J. "More than the story of one man's case, this book tells the story of entire generations of people marked as "mixed race" in America amid slavery and its aftermath, and being officially denied their m… OL16572720W
The Ravine The Ravine James Williamson A compelling story, "The Ravine" evokes the South during the early years of the Civil Rights movement where a complex mixture of love and hate, ignorance and enlightenment, and guilt and innocence co… OL16607513W
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