MLK & Social Justice
Celebrating Cultural Moments
VIDEO TOUR OF RELATED SORA COLLECTIONS
Martin Luther King Jr. (Little People, Big Dreams) by Ma Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Available in Sora. Available in Spanish.
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the inspiring minister and civil rights activist. --Publisher
Antiracist Baby by Ibram X Kendi
Illustrations and rhyming text present nine steps Antiracist Baby can take to improve equity, such as opening our eyes to all skin colors and celebrating all our differences. --Publisher
Lift as You Climb: the Story of Ella Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell
Learn about the civil rights activist Ella Baker in this inspiring picture book. --Publisher
UPPER ELEMENTARY READS
Trailblazers Martin Luther King, Jr. (Trailblazers) by Christine Platt
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to more than 250,000 people in Washington, DC about his dream of racial equality. His message of peaceful protest inspired a generation to stand up for their rights. Find out how a boy who was not allowed to go to school or the movies with white people blazed a trail in civil rights. --Publisher
Follow Chester! : A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History by Gloria Respress-Churchwell
A little known civil rights hero and college football MVP finally gets a voice in this fictional account detailing Chester Pierce's game-changing play as he became the first black college football player to compete south of the Mason-Dixon Line. --Publisher
Teachers March: How Selma's Teachers Changed History by Sandra Neil Wallace
Demonstrating the power of protest and standing up for a just cause, here is an exciting tribute to the educators who participated in the 1965 Selma Teachers' March. --Publisher
MIDDLE SCHOOL READS
Loretta Little Looks Back : Three Voices Go Tell It by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights. --Publisher
Mighty Justice : the Untold Story of Civil Rights Rrailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree
A young reader's adaptation of Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights, the memoir of activist and trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree. --Publisher
This is Your Time by Ruby Bridges
Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges--who, at the age of six, was the first African American to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans--shares her story through text and historical photographs, offering a powerful call to action. --Publisher
HIGH SCHOOL READS
Freedom Summer for Young People by Rebecca Stefoff
Ordinary people made a difference. A detailed history of the attempt in 1964 to register African-Americans in Mississippi and the over seven hundred college students from both southern and northern schools who descended upon the state to help in the cause for freedom and civil rights. --Publisher
Awakening of Malcom X by Ilyasah Shabazz
While in Charlestown Prison in the 1940s, young Malcolm Little reads all the books in the library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam, and emerges as Malcolm X. --Publisher
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You
Adapted from Stamped from the beginning by Ibram X. Kendi. A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today. --Publisher
Know Justice Know Peace: DMLK's "The Take" Podcast
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