Two books that honor the sprit of Martin Luther King
Marching For Freedom: Walk Together Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge, takes readers to the months of protest that culminated in the landmark march from Selma to Montgomery inn 1965, focusing on the courageous children who marched alongside King. The photos that accompany the text make the story come alive.
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (6th grade+) by Phillip Hoose, 2010 Newberry Honor
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Ala. bus boycott that began in 1955 is a well-known name in the Civil Rights Movement, but few people know the story of Claudette Colvin. When she was 15, she refused to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat to a white person—nine months before Rosa Parks did the very same thing. Up to now, Claudette Colvin’s role in the Montgomery civil rights drama had been largely lost to history. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (6th grade+) by Phillip Hoose, 2010 Newberry Honor now brings to life Claudette’s story.
