A Place to Land: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a Nation
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Children's Literature
Civil Rights Movement
This booklist contains recommendations for expanding, correcting, and complicating the common narratives around the Civil Rights Movement including making connections to movements it helped inspire like disability rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, and more.
Claudette Colvin Refuses to Move: Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights Movement
Illustrated by Mark Simmons
Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights
Illustrated by Benny Andrews
John Lewis In the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
Illustrated by Benny Andrews
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968
Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Illustrated by Laura Freeman
She Stood for Freedom: The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
Illustrated by Charlotta Janssen
Someday is Now: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-Ins
Illustrated by Jade Johnson
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
Illustrated by Ekua Holmes
What We Believe: A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book
Illustrated by Caryn Davidson
When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders
Illustrated by Jim Burke, R. Gregory Christie, Tonya Engel, John Parra, and Meilo So
Civil Rights Then and Now: A Timeline for the Fight for Equality In America
Illustrated by Lindsey Bailey
Vicki and A Summer of Change! ¡Vicki y un verano de cambio!
Illustrated by Sabrina Cintron, Eliana Falcón, and Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez
We Want to Go To School! The Fight for Disability Rights
Illustrated by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez
Illustrated by Maya Gonzalez