Cynthia H. Roberts
Dudley, Karen.
Great African Americans in Government
. New York: Crabtree Publishing Company, 1997.
Of the thirteen contemporary politicians included six are women.
Duncan, Alice Faye.
The National Civil Rights Museum Celebrates Everyday People
. Photos by J. Gerard Smith. Troll Medallion, 1995.
This over size history of the Civil Rights Movement is a great supplemental source for student research.
Hacker, Carlotta.
Great African Americans in History
. New York: Crabtree Publishing Company, 1997.
Each of the thirteen biographies includes a personality profile and a table of accomplishments.
@Ref:Levine, Ellen.
Freedom’s Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories.
Illustrations with photographs. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1993.
People who were children during the 1950’s and 1960’s describe the Civil Rights Movement.
Rochelle, Belinda.
Witness to Freedom: Young People Whom Fought for Civil Rights.
New York: Puffin Books, 1993.
This is a wealth of primary source material. Students who integrated in Little Rock’s Schools tell what it was like. Others tell about participating in sit-ins or a boycott.
Turner, Glennette, Tilley.
Take a Walk in Their Shoes: Biographies of Fourteen Outstanding African
Americans
. Illustration Elton C. Fax. New York: Puffin Books, 1989.
Besides biographical material this book contains skits that the class could act out.