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.

"Find out about Maya Angelou, a talented poet, writer, teacher, and speaker, in this biography for young readers. Learn about her life and uncover how she used the power of her pen to tell stories about herself and the lives of Black people. This title also includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, sidebars, "Ask Yourself" prompts, a timeline, and a writing activity"--

Ella Josephine Baker (1903-1986) was among the most influential strategists of the most important social movement in modern U.S. history, the Civil Rights Movement, yet most Americans have never heard of her. Behind the scenes, she organized on behalf of the major civil rights organizations of her day-the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC), and the Student Nonviolent...

"John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, is a visionary and a man of faith. Using intimate interviews with Lewis and his family and deep research into the history of the civil rights movement, Meacham writes of how the activist and leader was inspired by the Bible, his mother's unbreakable spirit, his sharecropper father's tireless ambition, and his teachers in nonviolence, Reverend James Lawson...

Describes the peaceful protest organized by teenager Barbara Rose Johns in order to secure a permanent building for her segregated high school in Virginia in 1951, and explains how her actions helped fuel the civil rights movement.

An introduction to the life Martin Luther King, Jr. Including how he organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott and African American people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights.

"Engaging text and fun illustrations tell the story of Martin Luther King Jr.'s childhood"--