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90 Picture Books for 90 Years of Black History CelebrationsA list posted to the Association for Library Service to Children blog
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Marching On: Selected Books about the Civil Rights Movement for Children and TeensThe body of work for children and teens about the African American Civil Rights Movement from the late 1940s to through the 1960s is rich and varied. This bibliography highlights selected titles for kindergarten through high school. It is organized by broad grade range. Because many books overlap the elementary and middle school, and many more overlap middle and high school, look at the specific age recommendations on each book for additional guidelines. Compiled by Megan Schliesman and Merri Lindgren. © 2013 Cooperative Children's Book Center.
Fiction/Picture Books
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Alec's Primer by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7 .W17125 Al 2004 -
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the first day of freedom by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.J629 All 2014 -
The Cart That Carried Martin by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.97.K5 B785 2013 -
A Dance Like Starlight: one ballerina's dream by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.D41136 Dan 2014 -
Ellen's Broom by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .L995545 Ell 2012 -
Finding Lincoln by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .M28955 Fi 2009 -
Freedom on the Menu: the Greensboro sit-ins by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .W3535 Fr 2005 -
Gordon Parks: how the photographer captured black and white America by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) TR140.P35 W43 2015 -
Granddaddy's Turn: a journey to the ballot box by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.B22125 Gr 2015 -
The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PS3557 .R39416 G74 2011> -
I Am Jackie Robinson by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) GV865.R6 M45 2015 -
I Lay My Stitches Down: poems of American slavery by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PS3607.R3275 I15 2012 -
I, Too, Am America by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PS3515 .U274 I3 2012 -
January's Sparrow by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7 .P75186 Jan 2009 -
Juneteenth for Mazie by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.C78485 Ju 2015 -
Keep On!: the story of Matthew Henson, co-discoverer of the North Pole by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) G635 .H4 H67 2009 -
Let Them Play by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) GV880.5 .R38 2005 -
Lillian's Right to Vote by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.W75477 Lil 2015 -
Martin and Mahalia: his words, her song by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.97 .K5 P54 2013 -
More Than Anything Else by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ 7 .B7175 Mo 1995 -
Never Forgotten by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7.5 .M45 Ne 2011 -
The Price of Freedom: how one town stood up to slavery by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E450 .F784 2013 -
Richard Wright and the Library Card by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .M63915 Ri 1997b -
Ruth and the Green Book by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7 .R145 Ru 2010 -
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) LC214.2 .T66 2014 -
Sit-in: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E185.61 .P596 2010ISBN: 9780316070164 -
Steamboat School: inspired by a true story : St. Louis, Missouri: 1847 by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.H778125 Su 2016 -
These Hands by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7 .M4138 Th 2010 -
Underground by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E450 .E94 2011 -
Unspoken - A Story from the Underground Railroad by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .C67345 Un 2012 -
What Color Is My World?: the lost history of African-American inventors by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .A1589337 Wh 2012 -
White Socks Only by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ 7 .C6746 Wh 1996 -
White Water: inspired by a true story by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .B22125 Wh 2011 -
Who Owns the Sun? by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7 .C3973 Wh 1988 -
The Youngest Marcher: the story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a young civil rights activist by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) F334.B653 H465 2017
Fiction/Chapter Books
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Call Me by My Name by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.B72466 Cal 2014 -
Copper Sun by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .D78325 Cop 2006 -
Crow by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.W932 Cr 2012 -
Etched in Clay: The life of Dave, enslaved potter and poet by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) NK4210 .D247 C54 2013 -
Fire in the Streets by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .M2739 Fir 2012 -
Jump into the Sky by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .P3166 Jum 2012 -
Kizzy Ann Stamps by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.W337 Kiz 2012 -
The Lions of Little Rock by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.L57842 Lio 2012 -
The Rock and the River by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .M2739 Ro 2009 -
The Story of Juneteenth: an interactive history adventure by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.93.T4 O85 2015 -
X: a novel by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.1.S47 Xan 2015
Poetry
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Carver: a life in poems by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PS3573 .A4795 C37 2001 -
Freedom over Me: eleven slaves, their lives and dreams brought to life by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.B82887 Fr 2016 -
One Last Word: wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PS3557.R489982 A6 2017 -
Poet: the remarkable story of George Moses Horton by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PS1999.H473 Z88 2015 -
When Thunder Comes: poems for civil rights leaders by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PS3562.E9465 W38 2013 -
Words with Wings: a treasury of African-American poetry and art by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PS591 .N4 W67 2001
Civil Rights Around the World - Informational Texts
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American Indian Rights Movement by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E93 .M113 2017 -
Black Lives Matter by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.86 .E29 2016 -
After Gandhi: One hundred years of nonviolent resistance by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) HM1281 .O33 2009 -
Gay Power!: The Stonewall Riots and the gay rights movement, 1969 by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) HQ76.8 .U5 K86 2011 -
Open the Door to Liberty!: a biography of Toussaint L'Ouverture by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) F1923 .T69 R63 2009 -
We Are Not Beasts of Burden: Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike, California, 1965-1970 by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) HD5306 .K35 2011 -
Who Will Shout If Not Us?: student activists and the Tiananmen Square protest, China, 1989 by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) LA1133.7 .K47 2011 -
You Are Now on Indian Land: The American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island, California, 1969 by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E78 .C15 G58 2011
Non-Fiction/Informational Texts
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12 Questions about Slave Narratives by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E444 .S47 2017 -
28 Days: moments in Black history that changed the world by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185 .S5812 2015 -
Abina and the Important Men by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) KRX46 .M36 G48 2012 -
African American Scientists and Inventors by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) Q141 .D29 2013 -
The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E664.L985 B27 2015 -
Barack by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E901.1 .O23 W57 2008 -
Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) F334 .B657 B75 2011 -
Black Cowboys of the Old West by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) (F596 .W25 2011 -
Black Heroes of the American Revolution by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E 269 .N3 D383 1991 -
Black Lives Matter by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.86 .E29 2016
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Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and his sacrifice for civil rights by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.98.D3 W35 2016 -
The Book Itch: freedom, truth & Harlem's greatest bookstore by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.N43773 Boo 2015 -
Booker T. Washington and Education by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E185.97 .W4 W85 2008 -
Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.97.W37 B35 2017 -
Change Has Come: an artist celebrates our American spirit by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E908.3 .N45 2009 -
Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) F334 .S4 S54 2010 -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) KF4749 .C58 2004 -
The Civil Rights Movement for Kids: a history with 21 activities by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.61 .T925 2000 -
Claudette Colvin: twice toward justice by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) F334 .M753 C6554 2009 -
Coretta Scott King and the Center for Nonviolent Social Change by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.97.K47 S73 2017 -
Courage Has No Color - The True Story of the Triple Nickles by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) D769.348 555th .S76 2013 -
Crispus Attucks and the Boston Massacre by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.97.A86 W45 2014 -
Discovering Black America: from the age of exploration to the twenty-first century by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185 .T198 2012 -
Fifty Cents and a Dream: young Booker T. Washington by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.97 .W4 A85 2012 -
Fort Mosé: and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in colonial America by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) F319 .F734 T87 2010 -
Frederick's Journey: the life of Frederick Douglass by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E449.D75 R37 2015 -
Freedom Riders: a primary source exploration of the struggle for racial justice by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.61 .S396 2015 -
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E185.96 .B355 2006 -
Freedom Summer: the 1964 struggle for civil rights in Mississippi by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.93.M6 R83 2014 -
The Freedom Summer Murders by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.93.M6 M58 2014 -
John Lewis and Desegregation by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E840.8.L43 B64 2017 -
John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E840.8 .L43 H37 2006 -
Hand in Hand: ten Black men who changed America by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.86 .P56 2012 -
Heart and Soul: the story of America and African Americans by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185 .N427 2011 -
Ida B. Wells-Barnett and the Crusade Against Lynching by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.97.W55 M67 2017 -
In the Shadow of Liberty: the hidden history of slavery, four presidents, and five black lives by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E444 .D36 2016 -
Let It Shine: stories of Black women freedom fighters by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.96 .P5 2000 -
Little Rock Girl 1957: How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) LC214.23 .L56 T68 2012 -
Martin Luther King Jr. and Peaceful Protest by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.97.K5 S67 2016 -
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E185.97 .K5 M25 1992 -
My Name Is Henry Bibb: a story of slavery and freedom by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7 .C66 M9 2009 -
No Crystal Stair: a documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7 .N43773 N6 2012 -
No Easy Answers: Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E185.97 .R93 M55 2005 -
Passenger on the Pearl by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E445.D6 C66 2015 -
Philip Reid Saves the Statue of Freedom by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E340.R45 L37 2014 -
Poet: the remarkable story of George Moses Horton by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PS1999.H473 Z88 2015
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The Port Chicago 50: disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) D810.N4 S44 2014 -
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) F334.M753 P3883 2013 -
Remember Little Rock: the time, the people, the stories by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) LC214.23 .L56 W35 2009 -
Rosa Parks and Civil Disobedience by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) F334.M753 P38558 2017 -
Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E444 .N87 F73 2012 -
The Story of Ruby Bridges by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) F 379 .N59 N33 1995 -
Through My Eyes by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) F379 .N59 N435 1999 -
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: my story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) F334.S4 L69 2015 -
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) ML3930 .A5 F73 2004 -
A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's war against slavery by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E451 .M352 2014 -
We Shall Overcome: the story of a song by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) ML3561.W45 L48 2013 -
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) F334 .B69 N4476 2012
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Free at Last!: the story of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E185.97 .K5 B78 2000 -
Martin Luther King by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E 185.97 .K5 B73 1995 -
Martin Luther King Jr. and Peaceful Protest by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E185.97.K5 S67 2016
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Martin's Big Words: the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E185.97 .K5 R36 2001 -
My Dream of Martin Luther King by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E 185.97 .K5 R56 1995
