"1965: Growing up in the well-to-do town of Round Hill, North Carolina, Ellie Hockley was raised to be a certain type of proper Southern lady. Enrolled in college and all but engaged to a bank manager, Ellie isn't as committed to her expected future as her family believes. She's chosen to spend her summer break as a volunteer helping to register black voters. But as Ellie follows her ideals fighting for the civil rights of the marginalized, her scandalized...

Examines the life of Martin Luther King's wife, Coretta, who in her own right, was a civil rights pioneer who experienced the injustices of the segregated South and who continued her husband's mission after his assassination.

After the success of the Nashville sit-in campaign, John Lewis is more committed than ever to changing the world through nonviolence, but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the vicious heart of the deep south, they will be tested like never before.

Presents the text of the famous speech given on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. by Martin Luther King, Jr., complemented by paintings illustrating the ideals the civil rights leader described.

Congressman John Lewis has been a resounding moral voice in the quest for equality for more than 50 years. In March, he shares his memories of the Civil Rights Movement, reliving the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge from a past of clenched fists into a future of outstretched hands.

"A picture book biography about First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's early years and how the challenges she faced early in life helped her become a compassionate public servant and champion of human rights"--

Describes the author's experiences after moving to America to pursue a safer life, from her renewed contact with her family after her father's death to her struggles to embrace new principles in the face of attempts to prohibit her work.

Mamie Till-Mobley became a voice for change when her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, was brutally murdered while visiting the South in 1955. His death became a rallying point for the Civil Rights Movement, a movement ignited when his mother propelled his name to the forefront of history. Her story is a testament to the power of love and one woman's unwavering pursuit for justice. Mamie fearlessly refused to allow America to turn away from what happened...

Follows the experiences of two African-American teenagers at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.