Back of the bus by Reynolds, Aaron 

Paperback(Puffin, 2010)

BTSB #: 748444 Available

Dewey: EAges: 6-8   
AR: 3.3 LG Lexile: 590 AD

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Parks, Rosa,|d1913-2005 - Fiction Segregation - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: An African American child watches the arrest of Rosa Parks.

Betty before X by Shabazz, Ilyasah 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018)

BTSB #: 804732 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.9 MG RC: 5.3 6-8 Lexile: 810

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Shabazz, Betty - Fiction Family life - Michigan - Detroit - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction Racism - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Stepfamilies - Fiction Detroit (Mich.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.

Betty before X by Shabazz, Ilyasah 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2018)

BTSB #: P04071 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Shabazz, Betty - Childhood and youth - Fiction Black Muslims - Biography - Fiction African American Muslims - Biography - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction Family life - Michigan - Detroit - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction Racism - Fiction Detroit (Mich.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.

Fire in the streets by Magoon, Kekla 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 596643 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 9-14   


Genres:

Subjects: Black Panther Party - Fiction Large print books Civil rights movements - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Chicago (Ill.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Chicagoan Maxie longs to join the Black Panthers, regardless of what anyone thinks. Large print hardcover format.

Loretta Little looks back : three voices go tell it by Pinkney, Andrea Davis 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2020)

BTSB #: P08487 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Family life - Mississippi - Fiction African Americans - Mississippi - Fiction Sharecroppers - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction Mississippi - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights.

Loretta Little looks back : three voices go tell it! : a monologue novel by Pinkney, Andrea Davis 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2020)

BTSB #: 718988 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.2 MG F&P: Y

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Family life - Mississippi - Fiction African Americans - Mississippi - Fiction Sharecroppers - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction Mississippi - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights.

Sky full of stars by Jackson, Linda Williams 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018)

BTSB #: 484987 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-12   
AR: 5 MG RC: 4.7 6-8 Lexile: 780

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: African Americans - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction Racism - Fiction Family life - Mississippi - Fiction Mississippi - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In Stillwater, Mississippi, in 1955, thirteen-year-old African American Rose Lee Carter looks to her family and friends to understand her place in the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement.

Things too huge to fix by saying sorry by Vaught, Susan 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016)

BTSB #: 906744 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.6 MG Lexile: 850

Genres: Multicultural Historical Fiction

Subjects: Families - Fiction Vendetta - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction Oxford (Miss.) - History|y20th century - Fiction Oxford (Miss.) - Fiction

Summary: A family mystery leads Dani Beans to investigate the secrets of Ole Miss and the dark history of race relations in Oxford, Mississippi.

Things too huge to fix by saying sorry by Vaught, Susan 

Paperback(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2017)

BTSB #: 906768 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.6 MG Lexile: 850

Genres: Multicultural Historical Fiction

Subjects: Families - Fiction Vendetta - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction Oxford (Miss.) - History|y20th century - Fiction Oxford (Miss.) - Fiction

Summary: A family mystery leads Dani Beans to investigate the secrets of Ole Miss and the dark history of race relations in Oxford, Mississippi.