Thursday, February 09, 2006
Historical Fiction - Civil Rights Movement
Historical Fiction – Civil Rights Movement
The characters in these new books faced the injustice of the Civil Rights era courageously and nonviolently. Reading books of such inspiring people encourages children to approach life with self-confidence and strength and compassion for their fellow man.
In A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson
The Civil Rights Movement included children like the ones telling this description of the summer thousands joined the Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery. F Joh
Freedom on the Menu The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherford Historically explains how four black college students sat for 4 hours at a Woolworth’s lunch counter to bring attention to segregation. This protest encouraged other sit-ins unifying against the injustices. F Wea
Mississippi Morning by Ruth Vander Zee tells the story of the shame a father feels when his son discovers he wears a hood and robe and belongs to the clan. This picture book historically set in the Jim Crow era in the south is also the story of the son’s awakening and commitment not to do as his father. E Van
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
A biography that portrays the woman who became the center of the Civil Rights battle as a proud politically active member of the Montgomery, Alabama Woman’s Political Council. The series of events that led to the 1956 Supreme Court decision that segregation was wrong are explained. B Par
The School Is Not White! A True Story of the Civil Rights Movement by Doreen Rappaport
In August of 1965 a new federal law allowed parents “freedom of choice” when choosing their children’s school. This is the true story of the Carter family who signed their children up to attend an all-white school. 379.2 Rap
Other historical titles of era include –
Childtimes by Eloise Greenfield 920 Gre
The Friendship by Mildred D. Taylor F Tay
Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles E Wil ¶ 12:59 PM
The characters in these new books faced the injustice of the Civil Rights era courageously and nonviolently. Reading books of such inspiring people encourages children to approach life with self-confidence and strength and compassion for their fellow man.
In A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson
The Civil Rights Movement included children like the ones telling this description of the summer thousands joined the Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery. F Joh
Freedom on the Menu The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherford Historically explains how four black college students sat for 4 hours at a Woolworth’s lunch counter to bring attention to segregation. This protest encouraged other sit-ins unifying against the injustices. F Wea
Mississippi Morning by Ruth Vander Zee tells the story of the shame a father feels when his son discovers he wears a hood and robe and belongs to the clan. This picture book historically set in the Jim Crow era in the south is also the story of the son’s awakening and commitment not to do as his father. E Van
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
A biography that portrays the woman who became the center of the Civil Rights battle as a proud politically active member of the Montgomery, Alabama Woman’s Political Council. The series of events that led to the 1956 Supreme Court decision that segregation was wrong are explained. B Par
The School Is Not White! A True Story of the Civil Rights Movement by Doreen Rappaport
In August of 1965 a new federal law allowed parents “freedom of choice” when choosing their children’s school. This is the true story of the Carter family who signed their children up to attend an all-white school. 379.2 Rap
Other historical titles of era include –
Childtimes by Eloise Greenfield 920 Gre
The Friendship by Mildred D. Taylor F Tay
Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles E Wil ¶ 12:59 PM
