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Marching On: Books about the Civil Rights Movement

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  • 68 Videos
  • 39 Book Readings
  • 96 Lesson Plans
  • Total of 671 resources

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March Book One
March Book One
  • by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
    • Multimedia Resources: 46
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    March Book Two
    March Book Two
  • by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
    • Multimedia Resources: 38
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    Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963, The
    The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963
  • by Christopher Paul Curtis
    • Multimedia Resources: 37
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    Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
    Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
  • by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
    • Multimedia Resources: 30
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    Rosa
    Rosa
  • by Nikki Giovanni and Bryan Collier
    • Multimedia Resources: 28
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    Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
    Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
  • by Phillip Hoose
    • Multimedia Resources: 28
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    One Crazy Summer
    One Crazy Summer
  • by Rita Williams-Garcia
    • Multimedia Resources: 27
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    No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
    No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
  • by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and R. Gregory Christie
    • Multimedia Resources: 24
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    Wreath for Emmett Till, A
    A Wreath for Emmett Till
  • by Marilyn Nelson and Philippe Lardy
    • Multimedia Resources: 22
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    Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
    Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
  • by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
    • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March
    Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March
  • by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Elspeth Leacock, Susan Buckley, and P.J. Loughran
    • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Rock and the River, The
    The Rock and the River
  • by Kekla Magoon
    • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
    We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
  • by Cynthia Y. Levinson
    • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
    Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  • by Jonah Winter and Shane W. Evans
    • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
    Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
  • by Walter Dean Myers
    • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Marching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary
    Marching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary
  • by Elizabeth Partridge
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Revolution
    Revolution
  • by Deborah Wiles
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Sweet Smell of Roses, A
    A Sweet Smell of Roses
  • by Angela Johnson and Eric Velasquez
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    New Shoes
    New Shoes
  • by Susan Lynn Meyer and Eric Velasquez
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Cart That Carried Martin, The
    The Cart That Carried Martin
  • by Eve Bunting and Don Tate
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly
    Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly
  • by Walter Dean Myers and Leonard Jenkins
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Birmingham, 1963
    Birmingham, 1963
  • by Carole Boston Weatherford
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Ruth and the Green Book
    Ruth and the Green Book
  • by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Floyd Cooper
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Remember: The Journey to School Integration
    Remember: The Journey to School Integration
  • by Toni Morrison
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    These Hands
    These Hands
  • by Margaret H. Mason and Floyd Cooper
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Fire in the Streets
    Fire in the Streets
  • by Kekla Magoon
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement
    Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement
  • by Ann Bausum
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
    Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • by Russell Freedman
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
    Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
  • by Susan Goldman Rubin
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
    Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
  • by Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein, and James Ransome
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights & Civil Rights Set the Stage for MLK Jr.'s Final Hours
    Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights & Civil Rights Set the Stage for MLK Jr.'s Final Hours
  • by Ann Bausum
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America
    Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America
  • by Russell Freedman
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Child of the Civil Rights Movement
    Child of the Civil Rights Movement
  • by Paula Young Shelton and Raúl Colón
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    We March
    We March
  • by Shane W. Evans
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Grandmama's Pride
    Grandmama's Pride
  • by Becky Birtha and Colin Bootman
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    M.L.K.: The Journey of a King
    M.L.K.: The Journey of a King
  • by Tonya Bolden
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Freedom Summer Murders, The
    The Freedom Summer Murders
  • by Don Mitchell
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
    Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
  • by Chris Crowe
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Silence of Our Friends, The
    The Silence of Our Friends
  • by Mark Long, Jim Demonakos, and Nate Powell
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Coretta Scott
    Coretta Scott
  • by Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White
    Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White
  • by Lila Quintero Weaver
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues
    Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues
  • by Harriette Gillem Robinet
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Dream of Freedom, A
    A Dream of Freedom
  • by Diane McWhorter
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    We Troubled the Waters
    We Troubled the Waters
  • by Ntozake Shange and Rod Brown
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk about the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made It Happen
    Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk about the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made It Happen
  • by Casey King, Linda Barrett Osborne, and Joe Brooks
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    My Mother the Cheerleader
    My Mother the Cheerleader
  • by Robert Sharenow
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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