[TeenLit]

Historical Fiction


To Kill a Mockingbird
, Lee
ISBN: 0446310786


Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
, Taylor
ISBN: 0140384510


The Watsons Go to Birminghtam-1963
, Curtis
ISBN: 0440414121


I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
, Angelou
ISBN: 0553279378

Non-Fiction


Eyes on the Prize: Civil Rights Reader: Documents, speeches and firsthand accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle
, Garrow (ed.)
ISBN: 0140154035


Freedom's Children:
Young Civil Rights Activists Tell their own Stories, Levine
ISBN: 0785720707


Now is Your Time:  The African-American Struggle for Freedom
, Myers (history & source material)
ISBN: 0064461203

Free at Last:  A History of the Civil Rights Movement and Those Who Died in the Struggle (informational text from Teaching Tolerance)

Biography


The Story of Ruby Bridges
, Coles (picture book)
ISBN: 0590572814


Malcolm X:  By Any Means Necessary
, Myers
ISBN: 0590987593

Autobiography


Through My Eyes
, Bridges (advanced picture book)
ISBN: 0590189239


Rosa Parks: My Story

ISBN: 0141301201

More picture books


The Day Martin Luther King Jr. Was Shot: A Photo History of the Civil Rights Movement
by Jim Haskins
ISBN: 0590436619


I Have a Dream
, King (ed.)ISBN: 0590205161
(also speech text, audio, video, & song)


Harlem:  A Poem, Myers
ISBN: 0590543407

Video

A Time for Justice:  America's Civil Rights Movement (documentary video from Teaching Tolerance)


4 Little Girls
, Lee (documentary video)
ASIN: 6305080461


Malcolm X
, Lee (film)
ASIN: 6302787556

A & E Biography videos (King, Angelou)

Poetry
Those Who Ride the Night Winds

by Nikki Giovanni
ISBN: 0688026532

The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

by Langston Hughes
, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0679883479

The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou

by Maya Angelou

ISBN: 067942895X

Other Materials
Brown vs. Board of Education (legal ruling)
The Civil Rights Act (legislation)
"The Negro National Anthem" (song)
Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing (Level 8, Great Source)
The Kids Guide to Social Action, Lewis ISBN: 078571085X

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