Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles Illustrated by Jerome Lagarique Segregation, Friendship, Empathy Racism isn’t about people far away from us. It is about individuals close to all of us. Following the lifting of segregation in 1964, two boys, one white, one black, who are good friends plan to go swimming in the town pool. They […]
If A Bus Could Talk by Faith Ringgold If a Bus Could Talk is a creative retelling of the story of Rosa Parks suitable for upper elementary students. The story, which is a work of art, touches on many events in black history and would provide an excellent springboard to an indepth study of […]
~ Books and activities that address black history and the civil rights movement ~ Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C. McKissack and Frederick L. McKissack Slavery -Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper -Slavery UE/M -Day of Tears by Julius Lester -Slavery -Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis -Slavery -Freedom Summer […]
Activities and discussion questions for Mildred D. Taylor’s Mississippi Bridge. Set during 1930’s segregation in Mississippi the book provides opportunities to discuss stereotyping and racial injustice.
The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges Six-year-old Ruby Bridges was the first black child to integrate an all-white public school in the south. Day after day, escorted by U.S. marshals and her mother, she braved spitting, hissing, cursing crowds of white people throwing things at her in […]
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