LibGuides: Grade 4 Library Guide, PXES: Civil Rights

Book Room Resources (Multiple Copies)

The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles; George Ford (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 1995-02-01
Minty by Alan Schroeder; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2000-12-01
I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator); Martin Luther King
Publication Date: 2012-10-09
Rosa Parks by Rosa Parks; Jim Haskins
Publication Date: 1992-02-04
Rosa Parks by Erin Edison; Gail Saunders-Smith (Consultant Editor); Georgette M. Norman (Consultant Editor)
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Martin Luther King, Jr by Michele Dufresne
ISBN: 9781584537229
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
The Bus Ride That Changed History by Pamela Duncan Edwards; Danny Shanahan (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2009-01-12
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges; Margo Lundell (Editor)
Publication Date: 1999-09-01
Remember by Toni Morrison
Publication Date: 2004-05-03
Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King by Ellen Levine; Anna Rich (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2001-01-15
Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper
Publication Date: 2016-03-29
Abby Takes a Stand by Gordon C. James (Illustrator); Patricia McKissack
Publication Date: 2006-12-28

BrainPop Videos

Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rosa Parks Primary Source Collections

Rosa Parks Primary Source Collection (LOC)
Library of Congress curated collection of primary source documents relating to Rosa Parks.

Jim Crow Primary Source Collection

Jim Crow and Segregation (LOC)
Library of Congress curated primary sources for the Jim Crow era.

The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom

NAACP Fight for Freedom Primary Sources
Library of Congress curated collection of documents in the fight for racial equality in the U.S. Includes voting rights, the Little Rock Nine, and a Civil Rights Resource Guide.

Gordon Parks (Photography)

Gordon Parks by Carole Boston Weatherford; Jamey Christoph (Illustrator)
Call Number: 770.89 WEA
Publication Date: 2015-02-01

Civil Rights, African American Themed Poetry

Martin Rising by Andrea Davis Pinkney; Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: 811 PIN
ISBN: 9780545702539
Publication Date: 2018-01-02

Use "Baby Love" performance with "Forcing Forsythia" and "Valentine," pages 20-25.

Hey Black Child by Useni Eugene Perkins; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: 811 PER
ISBN: 9780316360302
Publication Date: 2017-11-14

Civil Rights Leaders (World Book Biography Collection)

Follow the links on the Grade 4 Library Guide home page to World Book Kids. Choose "Important People" from the icon at the bottom of the page. Scroll through the categories and select "Civil Rights Leaders." Filter your search by the country and time period you are interested in. Find out more about civil rights leaders in the U.S. as well as other countries!

Nina Simone (Musician)

Nina by Alice Brière-Haquet; Bruno Liance (Illustrator)
Call Number: 921 SIM
Publication Date: 2017-11-28