Civil Rights Books for Children
3. 
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
by:
Ellen Levine
4.49 avg rating — 16,555 ratings 4. 
We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
by:
Kadir Nelson
4.26 avg rating — 4,070 ratings 
6. 
Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass
by:
James Daley
4.34 avg rating — 375 ratings 
11. 
Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk About the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made It Happen
by:
Casey King
4.48 avg rating — 99 ratings 
13. 
My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 4.31 avg rating — 2,038 ratings
18. 
Martin Luther King, Jr: Man of Peace (Great African Americans Series) 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings
21. 
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
by:
Doreen Rappaport
4.33 avg rating — 12,819 ratings 
24. 
Dred and Harriet Scott: A Family's Struggle for Freedom
by:
Gwenyth Swain
4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings 
29. 
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
by:
Pam Muñoz Ryan
4.34 avg rating — 4,224 ratings 
33. 
Coretta Scott King: An Unauthorized Biography
by:
Petra Press
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 33. 
Rosa sat......: A true story about people who pressed on
by:
Lucy Erber
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
33. 
She Would Not Be Moved: How We Tell the Story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
by:
Herbert R. Kohl
4.01 avg rating — 72 ratings 33. 
33. 
John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
by:
Jim Haskins
3.98 avg rating — 54 ratings 
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33. 
Rosa Parks (Volume 9) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 7)
by:
Lisbeth Kaiser
4.39 avg rating — 1,123 ratings 
47. 
La Causa: The Migrant Farmworkers' Story (Steck-Vaughn Stories of America Series) 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
47. 
When the Children Marched: The Birmingham Civil Rights Movement
by:
Robert H. Mayer
4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings 
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53. 
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
by:
Cynthia Levinson
4.11 avg rating — 1,615 ratings 58. 
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement
by:
Ann Bausum
3.98 avg rating — 298 ratings 
65. 
The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
by:
R. Conrad Stein
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 
69. 
The Dred Scott Decision (Cornerstones of Freedom Second Series)
by:
Brendan January
4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings 
75. 
Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 4.18 avg rating — 16,210 ratings
75. 
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X
by:
Ilyasah Shabazz
4.17 avg rating — 435 ratings 77. 
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South
by:
Anne Moody
4.13 avg rating — 11,516 ratings 77. 
Gay & Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights, with 21 Activities
by:
Jerome Pohlen
4.01 avg rating — 153 ratings 
79. 
Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement
by:
Rick Bowers
3.62 avg rating — 511 ratings 
82. 
Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote
by:
Tanya Lee Stone
4.10 avg rating — 607 ratings 82. 
Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present
by:
Jamia Wilson
4.39 avg rating — 464 ratings 84. 
Votes of Confidence: A Young Person's Guide to American Elections
by:
Jeff Fleischer
4.17 avg rating — 60 ratings 
89. 
In Good Hands: Remarkable Female Politicians from Around the World Who Showed Up, Spoke Out and Made Change 4.02 avg rating — 63 ratings
91. 
C Is for Change: The Story of Cesar Chavez, One Person Can Change Many Lives 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
91. 
Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin
by:
James L. Swanson
4.18 avg rating — 1,419 ratings 
