Adler, David
Bausum, Ann
Picture Book of Frederick Douglass,
A.
Freedom Riders
Belton, Sandra
From Miss Ida’s Porch
Bray, Rosemary
Bunting, Eve
Curtis, Christopher P.
Martin Luther King
Smoky Night
Watson’s Go to Birmingham-1963,
The
Getting Away with Murder
Crowe, Chris
Curry, Barbara & Brodie,
James
Dawson, George &
Glaubman, Richard
Delany, Sarah & Delany,
A. Elizabeth
Dingle, Derek
Finkelstein, Norman
Freedman, Russell
NF/P
Easy
NF
Medium
F/P
Medium
NF/P
F/P
F
Medium
Easy
Difficult
X
NF/
Photos
NF/P
Difficult
X
Medium
Life Is So Good
Bio
Difficult
X
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’
100 Years
First in the Field: Baseball Hero
Jackie Robinson
Way Things Never Were, The
Freedom Walkers
Bio
Difficult
X
Bio
Medium
NF/ Photos
NF
Difficult
Medium
Sweet Words So Brave
Personal
Experience
Leaders
Level
Title
Setting
Type
Author
Forerunner/
Aftermath
The Civil Rights Movement Matrix (last updated July 2012)
X
Notes
X
X
X
X
Black and
white
perspectives
on Civil Rights
participation
Marian
Anderson
X
L.A. Riots
X
Emmett Till
X
X
X
X
X
X
Detailed
account of the
Montgomery
bus boycott
Giblin, James Cross (Ed.)
Gray, Libba Moore
Hansberry, Lorraine
Hansen, Joyce
Haskins, James
Haskins, James
Johnson, Angela
Century That Was, The
Dear Willie Rudd
Raisin in the Sun
Women of Hope
Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of
the Civil Rights Movement
Freedom Rides: Journey for Justice
Sweet Smell of Roses, The
NF
F/P
Drama
Bio/Photos
Bio
Difficult
Easy
Difficult
Difficult
Difficult
PNF/Photos
F
Medium
Medium
X
Katz, William
Kidd, Sue Monk
Kohl, Herbert
Lee, Harper
Levine, Ellen
Livingston, Myra Cohn
Black Legacy
Secret Life of Bees
She Would Not Be Moved
To Kill a Mockingbird
Freedom’s Children
Keep on Singing
NF
F
NF
F
Bio, NF
Bio
Difficult
Difficult
Medium
Difficult
Medium
Easy
McKissack, Frederick
McWhorter, Diane
Black Hoops
Dream of Freedom, A
NF
Bio., NF
Difficult
Medium
Medearis, Angela
Princess of the Press
Bio
Difficult
X
Meltzer, Milton
Meltzer, Milton
Miller, William
Langston Huges
There Comes a Time
Richard Wright and the Library Card
Bio
NF
Bio/P
Difficult
Difficult
Medium
X
Morrison, Lillian (Comp.)
Morrison, Toni
More Spice Than Sugar
Remember: The Journey to School
Integration
Poetry
NF
Medium
Easy
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Children
participate in a
Civil Rights
march
X
X
X
XX
X
Rosa Parks
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Marian
Anderson
Basketball
Changes in
beliefs
An early
leader for
women’s and
civil rights
X
X
X
First
recognized
African
American
writer
Women
Courage in
integrating
schools
Myers, Willliam Dean
Nelson, Marilyn
Malcolm X
Wreath for Emmett Till, A
Bio
Poet/P
Medium
Difficult
Pinkney, Andrea
Pinkney, Andrea
Polakow, Amy
Dear Benjamin Banneker
Let It Shine
Daisy Bates, Civil Rights Crusader
Rappaport, Doreen
Raven, Margot
Martin’s Big Words
Let Them Play
Ringgold, Faith
Shore, Diane &
Alexander, Jessica
Sturm, James and
Tommaso, Rich
My Dream of Martin Luther King
This Is the Dream
X
Bio/P
Bio
Bio
Medium
Bio
NF
Easy
Medium
Bio
Poetry
Easy
Easy
X
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
NF
Medium
XX
Tillage, Leon
Thomas, Joyce Carol
Leon’s Story
Linda Brown, You Are Not Alone
Bio
Bio
Medium
Difficult
Weatherford, Carole
Remembering the Bridge
Poetry
Medium
X
X
Murder and
acquittal that
fueled the CR
Movement
X
X
Difficult
X
X
X
X
Women
Little Rock
school
desegregation
X
X
Integrating
little league
baseball
X
X
X
X
X
Mentions well
known events
Negro League
Baseball and
integration in
Sports
X
X
X
X
School
Desegregation