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Civil Rights

*THE SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS: THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE WAS NEVER BLACK OR WHITE

Silence of our friends
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Long
Author's First Name: 
Mark
Second Author's First Name: 
Jim
Second Author's Last Name: 
Demonakos
Illustrator's First Name: 
Nate
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Powell
Publisher: 
First Second
Publication Date: 
2012
2013 Nomination (not yet selected): 

This graphic novel takes place in Texas in 1968 at the height of racial tensions during the Civil Rights movement. A white man and a black man decided to trust one another for the cause - a difficult decision for both of them and their families. Fourteen and Up. Joan Kindig

TEN MILES PAST NORMAL

Ten Miles Past Normal
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Dowell
Author's First Name: 
Frances O'Roark
Publisher: 
Atheneum
Publication Date: 
2011
2013 Nomination (not yet selected): 

Janie Gorman, a goat-milking high-school freshman just wants to be "normal." But with a back-to-earth blogging mom, a type A activist friend, a new bass-playing guy friend named Monster, and Janie's arrest with a senior citizen who played an important role in the civil-rights movement, Janie is "ten miles past normal," as her friend Verbena tells her. These quirky characters all help Janie learn to "live large" and to see that normal is "vastly overrated." Ten to Fourteen. -Lisa Cosgrove-Davies

BIRMINGHAM SUNDAY

BIRMINGHAM SUNDAY
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Brimner
Author's First Name: 
Larry Dane
Publisher: 
Calkins Creek
Publication Date: 
2010

In 1963, someone killed four little girls in a racially-motivated bomb attack. Who were they, and what events led to that tragic day? Black and white photos, thorough research, and a moving narrative provide context for this chronological account of a horrific event.

SIT-IN: HOW FOUR FRIENDS STOOD UP BY SITTING DOWN

Sit-in: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Pinkney
Author's First Name: 
Andrea Davis
Illustrator's First Name: 
Brian
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Pinkney
Publisher: 
Little, Brown
Publication Date: 
2010

Bright watercolors punctuated with jaunty black lines and quotations from Dr. Martin Luther King depict the growth and success of the movement to end racial segregation in public places that four African-American college students in Greensboro, NC, sparked by staging the first restaurant sit-in.

MISS CRANDALL'S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES & LITTLE MISSES OF COLOR

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Alexander
Author's First Name: 
Elizabeth
Second Author's First Name: 
Marilyn
Second Author's Last Name: 
Nelson
Illustrator's First Name: 
Floyd
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Cooper
Publisher: 
Wordsong
Publication Date: 
2007

Twenty-four beautifully crafted sonnets evoke Miss Crandall's mid-nineteenth century school in Connecticut: the students' fervor, the local vigilantes, and the school's ultimate fiery end. Subdued illustrations complement this important and little-known story.

MARCHING FOR FREEDOM: WALK TOGETHER, CHILDREN, AND DON'T YOU GROW WEARY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Partridge
Author's First Name: 
Elizabeth
Publisher: 
Viking
Publication Date: 
2009

Powerful photographs and engaging text chronicle the participation of youth in the violent protests surrounding the 1965 freedom march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. First-hand accounts provide vivid details and convey the fear and excitement of these historic events.

CLAUDETTE COLVIN: TWICE TOWARD JUSTICE

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Hoose
Author's First Name: 
Philip
Publisher: 
Melanie Kroupa
Publication Date: 
2009

Claudette Colvin, just a teenager in 1955, was the first African-American to refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus—an act of courage that changed her life and helped to change the world.

STUDENTS ON STRIKE: JIM CROW, CIVIL RIGHTS, BROWN, AND ME

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Stokes
Author's First Name: 
John
Second Author's First Name: 
Lois
Second Author's Last Name: 
Wolfe
Publisher: 
National Geographic Society
Publication Date: 
2008

In 1951, John Stokes, a 19-year-old high school senior, led student strikers protesting the miserable condition of their segregated Virginia high school, an action that led to one of the court cases ending U.S. school segregation.

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