Children of the Civil Rights Movement

Many children and teens helped to mobilize the nation in the fight against inequality. Here are a few books for youth about the young people who made sure their voices were heard.

Back of the Bus by Aaron Reynolds (JUV E Reynolds)	Birmingham 1963: How a Photograph Rallied Civil Rights Support by Shelley Tougas (JUV323.11 Tougas)	Birmingham Sunday by Larry Dane Brimner (JUV 323.11 Brimner)	Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend: A Civil Rights Story by Calvin A. Ramsey (JUV 323.11 Tur)	Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton (JUV 92 Shelton)
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip M. Hoose (JUV 92 Colvin)	Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Curtis (JUV J Curtis)	Fire in the Streets by Kekla Magoon (YA Fiction Magoon)	Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories by Ellen Levine (YA 973.0496 L665)	Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-ins by Carole Boston Weatherford (JUV E Weatherford)
Freedom Song: Young Voices and the Struggle for Civil Rights by Mary Turck (JUV 323.09 TURCK)	Grandmama's Pride by Becky Birtha (JUV E Birtha)	Just Like Martin by Ossie Davis (JUV J Davis)	Leon's Story by Leon Tillage (JUV 92 Tillage)	Marching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge (JUV 323.11 Partridge)
My Uncle Martin's Big Heart by Angela Farris Watkins (JUV 92 King)	Oh Freedom!: Kids Talk about the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made It Happen by Casey King (JUV 973.04 King)	One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (JUV J Williams-Garcia)	Not Separate, Not Equal by Brenda Wilkinson (JUV J Wilkinson)	The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine by Judith Bloom Fradin (JUV 92 Colvin)
Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison (JUV 379.26 Morrison)	Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney (323.11 Pinkney)	Sitting for Equal Service: Lunch Counter Sit-ins, United States, 1960s by Melody Herr (JUV 323.11 Herr)	Stitchin and Pullin: A Gee's Bend Quilt by Patricia McKissack (JUV E Mckissack)	The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles (JUV 92 Bridges)
A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson (JUV E Johnson)	This is the Dream by Diane Z. Shore (JUV 811 Shore)	A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg (JUV J Burg)	Through My Eyes: The Autobiography of Ruby Bridges by Ruby Bridges (JUV 92 Bridges)	A Tugging String: A Novel About Growing Up During the Civil Rights Era by David Greenberg (JUV J Greenberg)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Curtis (JUV J Curtis)	We March by Shane Evans (JUV E Evans)	We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March by Cynthia Levinson (JUV 323.11 Levinson)	Witnesses to Freedom: Young People Who Fought for Civil Rights by Belinda Rochelle (JUV 323.11 Roc)