Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
Books
Aretha, D. (2014). The story of the Birmingham civil rights movement in photographs. Berkley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Brimner, L. D. (2010). Birmingham Sunday. Honesdale, PA: Calkins Creek.
Freedman, R. (2014). Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America. NY: Holiday House.
Freedman, R. (2006). Freedom walkers: The story of the Montgomery bus boycott. New York: Holiday House.
Hoose, P. M. (2009). Claudette Colvin: Twice toward justice. New York: Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar Straus Giroux.
Koestler-Grack, R. A. (2002). Going to school during the civil rights movement. Mankato, MN: Blue Earth Books.
Levinson, C. (2012). We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March. Atlanta, GA: Peach Tree.
Morrison, T. (2004). Remember: The journey to school integration. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Primary Source Folders
Library of Congress. (2017). The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom. Retrieved from
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/naacp/
Powers, B. H. (2005). Jim Crow Era. Amawalk, NY: Jackdaw Publications.
Scriabine, C. B., & Museum of American Political Life. (1993). Black voting rights: The fight for equality. Amawalk, N.Y: Golden Owl Pub. Co.
Rogers, A. G. (2004). Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott. Amawalk, NY: Jackdaw Publications.
Websites
Brooks, L., Kizzire, J., & Ward, P. (2012). The Civil Rights Activity Book. Montgomery, Ala.: Southern Poverty Law Center, Civil Rights Memorial Center.
Bryant Brown, F. (2004). Civil Rights in North Carolina. Retrieved from https://www.ncpedia.org/history/20th-Century/african-american-civil-rights
Greensboro News & Record. (2017). Key Players. Retrieved from http://www.greensboro.com/sit-ins/key_players/
Lesson Plans
Teacher Vision. (2017). Lesson Plan for We Shall Overcome: A Song That Changed the World (Grades 5-8). Retrieved from https://www.teachervision.com/civil-rights/we-shall-overcome-lesson-plan-we-are-freedom-riders
Teaching Tolerance. (2017, July 17). Violence Prevention. Retrieved from https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/tolerance-lessons/violence-prevention
Videos
Djlightbolt. (2010, October 01). "Can't Turn Me 'Round" (Civil Rights Song) performed by The Roots. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta6UmkqzZA0
Nelson, S. (Director), & Grant, L. (Producer). (2011). Freedom Riders[Video file]. USA: American Experience Films. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/freedomriders/
Classical Media. (2015, January 26). I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King Jr. Full Speech Best Audio. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARvrvJV4th4
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