Civil Rights Booklist

American History > Civil Rights

Book recommendations pertaining to the Civil Rights Movement.

Book Title	Author	PubDate	Reading Age	Time Period	Time Frame	Geographic Area	Country	Topic	Genre	Format
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You	Reynolds, Jason Kendi, Ibram X.	2020	UMG YA	Renaissance	1415-2020	North America	United States	Racism Civil Rights	NF OV	NF
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water	Hannah-Jones, Nikole Watson, Renee	2021	LE MG	Enlightenment	1619-2021	North America Africa	United States	Geneology Civil Rights Atlantic Slave Trade	NF OV	PB
Homegoing	Gyasi, Yaa	2016	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1775-2016	Africa North America	United States	Racism African American History Atlantic Slave Trade Great Migration Civil Rights	F OV	N
The Davenports	Marquis, Krystal	2023	YA A	Modern Age	1910	North America	United States	African American History Great Migration Civil Rights	F	N
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks: Young Readers' Edition	Theoharris, Jeanne	2021	UMG YA	Modern Age	1913-1997	North America	United States	Civil Rights Segregation Resistance	NF Bio	CB
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre	Boston Weatherford, Carole	2021	MG	Modern Age	1921	North America	United States	Tulsa Race Massacre Civil Rights	NF	PB
Angel of Greenwood	Pink, Randi	2021	YA A	Modern Age	1921	North America	United States	Tulsa Race Massacre Civil Rights	F	N
The Burning (Young Readers Edition)	Beard, Hilary Madigan, Tim	2021	UMG YA	Modern Age	1921	North America	United States	Tulsa Race Massacre Civil Rights	NF	B
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?	Levinson, Cynthia	2008	MG	Modern Age	1929-1968	North America	United States	Civil Rights Martin Luther King, Jr.	NF	CB
Martin's Big Words	Rappaport, Doreen	2007	LE MG	Modern Age	1929-1968	North America	United States	Civil Rights Martin Luther King, Jr.	NF	PB
Betty Before X	Shabazz, Ilyasah	2018	UMG	Modern Age	1934-1948	North America	United States	Civil Rights	NF Bio	CB
Love is Loud: How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement	Wallace, Sandra Neil	2023	LE MG	Modern Age	1938–1967	North America	United States	Civil Rights	NF	PB
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice	Hoose, Phillip	2010	UMG YA	Modern Age	1939-2005	North America	United States	Civil Rights Segregation Resistance	NF Bio	CB
The Port Chicago 50	Sheinkin, Steve	2017	YA	Modern Age	1944	North America	United States	WWII Civil Rights	NF	N
The Reformatory	Due, Tananarive	2023	YA A	Modern Age	1950	North America	United States	Segregation Civil Rights Great Migration Jim Crow	HF	N
Freedom's Children	Levine, Ellen S.	2000	UMG YA	Modern Age	1954-1968	North America	United States	Civil Rights Segregation Resistance	NF Bio	CB
The Civil Rights Movement: An Interactive History Adventure	Adamson, Heather	2016	MG	Modern Age	1954–1968	North America	United States	Civil Rights	NF	CB
And We Rise	Martin, Erica	2022	YA A	Modern Age	1954-1968	North America	United States	Civil Rights	NF P	B
Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation	Pinkney, Andrea Davis	2008	LE MG	Modern Age	1955–1956	North America	United States	Civil Rights	NF	PB
Midnight Without a Moon	Williams Jackson, Linda	2017	UMG	Modern Age	1955	North America	United States	Civil Rights	F	CB
Indian No More	McManis, Charlene Willing	2019	MG UMG	Modern Age	1957	North America	United States	Umpqua Nation Civil Rights Indigenous Americans	F	CB
Through My Eyes	Bridges, Ruby	1999	MG UMG	Modern Age	1960-1963	North America	United States	Civil Rights Segregation Ruby Bridges	NF Bio	PB
The Story of Ruby Bridges	Coles, Robert	1995	LE	Modern Age	1960-1961	North America	United States	Civil Rights Ruby Bridges	NF	PB
I Have a Dream	Nelson, Kadir	2012	LE MG	Modern Age	1963	North America	United States	Civil Rights Martin Luther King, Jr.	NF	PB
Root Magic	Royce, Eden	2021	MG UMG	Modern Age	1963	North America	United States	Civil Rights	F M	CB
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March	Levinson, Cynthia	2015	MG UMG	Modern Age	1963	North America	United States	Civil Rights	NF	CB
The Voting Rights Act of 1965: An Interactive History Adventure	Burgan, Michael	2015	MG	Modern Age	1965	North America	United States	Voting Civil Rights	NF	CB
Lillian's Right to Vote	Winter, Jonah	2015	LE	Modern Age	1965	North America	United States	Women's Suffrage Voting Civil Rights	NF	PB
The Lucky Ones	Williams Jackson, Linda	2022	MG UMG	Modern Age	1967	North America	United States	Civil Rights poverty	F	CB
One Crazy Summer	Williams-Garcia, Rita	2010	MG UMG	Modern Age	1968	North America	United States	Civil Rights	F	CB
The Rock and the River	Magoon, Kekla	2009	UMG YA	Modern Age	1968	North America	United States	Civil Rights Black Panthers	F OV	N
Take My Hand	Perkins-Valdez, Dolen	2022	A	Modern Age	1973-2016	North America	United States	Civil Rights Reproductive Rights	F	N

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List of abbreviations:

Reading Age	Genre	Format
LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8-12 yrs.) UMG = upper-middle grade (11-14 yrs.) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult (18+)	NF - non fiction F = fiction Bio = biography HF = historical fantasy AH = alternate history OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book	PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book B = book (NF) N = novel M = memoir