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1	Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, JR. more books like this by Doreen Rappaport add to wishlist This definitive picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is an unforgettable portrait of a man whose dream changed America--and the world--forever. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary more books like this by Juan Williams add to wishlist The story of a man who devoted his life to civil rights and became the first black Supreme Court Justice. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Lawyer's Journey: The Morris Dees Story more books like this by Morris Dees, Steve Fiffer add to wishlist This book dramatically chronicles the significant events that led Morris Dees to the front lines of the civil rights struggle and his ongoing crusade against hate groups.This is the story of the courageous and often lonely journey of a skilled and controversial trail lawyer whose career has paralleled a nation's struggle to ensure freedom and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Half a Heart more books like this by Rosellen Brown add to wishlist A white woman named Miriam Vener used to be a civil rights activist, but now she lives a conventional middle-class life in Houston with her family, spending summers in an equally conventional New England town. Then her long-estranged daughter, Veronica, turns up. Veronica is of mixed race, the product of Miriam's romance with a black professor, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: An Autobiography more books like this by Ralph David Abernathy add to wishlist The number-two manin the civil rights movement, Abernathy poignantly recalls his life from his poverty-striken childhood, his cofounding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and march to freedom at the side of his close friend Martin Luther King to his current fight for dignity and human rights worldwide. Illustrated. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson more books like this by Kenneth R Timmerman add to wishlist This expose-like critique of Jesse Jackson's life and career is by a conservative journalist who traces what he sees as Jackson's pattern of lying, opportunism, questionable funding practices, and character flaws. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights more books like this by Tananarive Due, Patricia Stephens Due add to wishlist Novelist Tananarive Due and her mother, Patricia Stephens Due, an activist in the 1960s, combine to produce this memoir of the civil rights movement. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop more books like this by Harvard Sitkoff add to wishlist Might Martin Luther King, Jr.'s greatest accomplishments have been ahead of him? By telling the Civil Rights leader's life as one on the verge of reaching its fulfillment, Harvard Sitkoff powerfully shows where King's faith and activism were leading him. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.93!
9	Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice more books like this by Phillip Hoose add to wishlist ""When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.'" - Claudette Colvin" On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. ... see all copies from $14.29! new only from $14.29! \| SVS
10	The Truth Hurts more books like this by Nancy Pickard add to wishlist When true-crime author Marie Lightfoot first reads the email message, she assumes it's merely a sick joke. The man writes that he loves her work, and that he and Marie seem to have a lot in common--because he is a killer much like the ones Marie writes about. And now he wants to give Marie the "opportunity" to understand murder from the inside . . ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Martin Luther King Jr more books like this by Marshall Frady add to wishlist An inspiring, uniquely firsthand portrait of the civil rights icon is penned by "one of the best political biographers of our time" ("Los Angeles Times"). see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	They Say: Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race more books like this by James West Davidson add to wishlist In 'They Say,' James West Davidson recounts the first thirty years in the passionate life of Ida B. Wells--as well as the story of the great struggle over the meaning of race in post-emancipation America. Davidson captures the breathtaking and often chaotic changes that swept the South as Wells grew up in Holly Springs, Mississippi: the spread of ... see all copies from $4.92! new only from $12.84! \| first editions
13 view cover	Forty Acres & a Goat: A Memoir more books like this by Will D Campbell add to wishlist Looking back on the turbulent era of civil rights movements and Vietnam War protests, Will D. Campbell has produced a remarkable, modern parable. Its cast of characters range from Andrew Jackson and Martin Luther King, Jr., to a pastoral menagerie headed by Jackson A'Goat--all on a quest to be true to their calling. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.05! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King more books like this by Jean Marzollo add to wishlist Written for preschoolers, this is a basic introduction to the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Beginning with his childhood and education, the author touches on King's work as a pastor and then focuses on his involvement with the civil rights movement. Illustrated with scratchboard drawings with highlights of minimal color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.07! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	M.L.K.: The Journey of a King more books like this by Tonya Bolden, Bob Adelman (Editor) add to wishlist Coretta Scott King Honor winner Tonya Bolden focuses her critical eye on Martin Luther King, Jr., bringing words and pictures together to tell the life story of one of America's greatest figures in an inspirational, one-of-a-kind biography. Full color. see all copies from $6.48! new only from $7.35! \| SVS
16 view cover	Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells more books like this by Ida B Wells, Ada B Wells, Alfreda M Duster (Editor) add to wishlist The subject of a December, 1989, PBS documentary (based on this book), Ida B. Wells was one of the foremost crusaders against black oppression. This engaging memoir tells of her private life as well as her public activitiesin the fi ght against attitudes and laws oppressing blacks. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $26.96! \| SVS
17 view cover	She Would Not Be Moved: How We Tell the Story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott more books like this by Herbert R Kohl, Marian Wright Edelman (Introduction by) add to wishlist In celebration of the 50th anniversary of that famous moment in the history of the civil rights movement, Kohl has expanded and updated his original discussion of Rosa Parks. The book also includes a teacher's guide. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford more books like this by Professor Jessica Mitford, Peter Y Sussman (Editor) add to wishlist The letters of "Decca" Mitford give readers a luminous self-portrait of an inimitable woman, and of 20th-century society, from the inside out. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.61! \| first editions
19	Dreams die hard more books like this by David Harris add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail more books like this by Charles E Cobb, Jr., Charles E Cobb Jr add to wishlist Through firsthand interviews, maps, photographs, and sidebars, award-winning journalist and 1960's activist Charles E. Cobb Jr. conducts a pilgrimage through the heart of the Civil Rights era. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Freedom Summer more books like this by Sally Belfrage add to wishlist It is a book where the author tells about her summer in the South, and how it affected her. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $29.86! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Callus on My Soul: A Memoir more books like this by Dick Gregory, Shelia P Moses add to wishlist A comedian, actor, civil rights activity and nutrition guru, Gregory is renowned for his biting satire. Now, more than 30 years after his bestselling book "Nigger, " Gregory has put his provocative life story down on paper, recounting his unique experience and discussing a host of other luminaries--from Rosa Parks to Hugh Hefner. 25 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Fight Back and Win: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Injustice--And How You Can Win Your Own Battles more books like this by Gloria Allred, Deborah Caulfield Rybak add to wishlist World-renowned civil and equal rights attorney, television personality, and women's rights advocate Gloria Allred offers a memoir of hard-fought battles and hard-won lessons. In this inspiring and instructive memoir, she lays out the lessons she's learned using colorful examples from her history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Free at Last: A History of the Civil Rights Movement and Those Who Died in the S more books like this by Sara Bullard, Julian Bond (Introduction by) add to wishlist This is an original illustrated history of the Civil Rights Movement in the USA, followed by profiles of 40 people who gave their lives in the movement, and a civil rights chronology. The photographs represent the cream of news photography of the period. This book was originally published in 1989 in a 104-page magazine format by the Southern ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.14! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Sisters in the Struggle: African-American Women in the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements more books like this by Bettye Collier-Thomas (Editor), V P Franklin (Editor) add to wishlist Women were at the forefront of the civil rights struggle but their individual stories were rarely heard. This work analyzes the role of African-American women in the movement, looking at figures such as Ella Baker who helped found the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. see all copies from $25.44! new only from $28.61! \| SVS

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