Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Honoring a Man of Peace by Carol Gnojewski. Grades 1-4.

Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King by Jean Marzollo. Grades 1-3. Also in Spanish.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day by Dana Meachen Rau. Grades 1-3.

A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. by David Adler. Grades 1-3. Also in Spanish.

Free At Last: The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. by Angela Bull. Grades 4-5.

Don't Know Much About Martin Luther King, Jr. by Kenneth C. Davis. Grades 3-5.

Let's Get Ready for Martin Luther King Jr. by Lloyd G. Douglas. Grades K-4.

My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing up With the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Christine King Farris; illustrated by Chris Soentpiet. Grades K-5.

Read About Martin Luther King, Jr. by Stephen Feinstein. Grades 1-3.

I Have a Dream: The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. by James Haskins. All ages.

The Life and Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. by James Haskins. Grades 6-8.

Martin Luther King Jr. by Wil Mara. Grades 1-2.

Meet Martin Luther King Jr. by Johnny Ray Moore; illustrated by Amy Wummer. Grades K-2.

I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Walter Dean Myers; illustrated by Leonard Jenkins. Grades 2-5.

Martin Luther King, Jr. : A Photographic Story of a Life by Amy Pastan. Grades 4-5.

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Man With a Dream by Jayne Pettit. Grades 6-8.

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Civil Rights Leader and Nobel Prize Winner by Andrew Santella. Grades 1-3.

A Picture Book of Rosa Parks by David Adler. Grades 1-3.

Knockin' on Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates by Lynne Barasch. Grades 1-3.
A black vaudevillian who lost his leg in a cottonseed mill accident at age 12, Bates became an accomplished dancer.

Joe Louis: America's Fighter by David A. Adler. Grades 1-3.

The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles. Grades 1-5.

The Bus Ride That Changed History: The Story of Rosa Parks by Pamela Duncan Edwards. Grades 1-3.

Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement by Dennis B. Fradin. Grades 6-8.

Mary McLeod Bethune by Susan Evento. Grades K-2.
Bethune was an African-American educator who fought discrimination and also founded a college.

I Am Rosa Parks by Rosa Parks with Will Haskins; pictures by Wil Clay. Grades 1-3.

Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull. Grades 4-5.
Wilma Rudolph struggles first with polio, then against prejudice.

Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges; articles and interviews compiled and edited by Margo Lundell. Grades 6-8.
Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.

Rosa by Nikki Giovanni; illustrated by Bryan Collier. Grades K-3.
A celebration of Rosa Park's Momentous refusal to give up her bus seat.

John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement by Jim Haskins and Kathleen Benson; illustrated by Benny Andrews. Grades 3-5.
The son of an Alabama sharecropper, Lewis was active in the Civil Rights Movement and went on to become a congressman.

Jackie's Bat by Marybeth Lorbiecki; illustrated by Brian Pinkney. All ages.
Joey, the batboy for the Brooklyn Dodgers, refuses to shine Jackie Robinson's shoes - until the season brings a change.

Dare to Dream: Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Shelf Medearis. Grades 4-5.

Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary by Walter Dean Myers. Grades 6-8.

Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks. Grades 6-8.
Rosa Parks relates her life history, including the beginning of Dr. King's rise to fame.

Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Grades 6-8.

We Shall Overcome: Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement by Fred Powledge. Grades 6-8.

If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringgold. Grades 4-5.

Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson. All ages.

A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass by David Adler. Grades 1-3.

Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl by Tonya Bolden. Grades 3-5.
Maritcha Rédmond Lyons, a free black born in 1848, remembers the day her family received a visit from Frederick Douglas.

Harriet Ross Tubman by Don Troy. Grades 4-5.

Aunt Clara Brown: Official Pioneer by Linda Lowery. Grades 1-3.
A biography of the freed slave who made her fortune in Colorado and used her money to bring other former slaves there to begin new lives.

Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman? by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack. Grades 6-8.

Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Grades 1-5.

Harriett Tubman, A Woman of Courage by the editors of Time for Kids; with Renee Skelton. Grades 3-5

George Crum and the Saratoga Chip by Gaylia Taylor. All Ages.
George Crum is said to have invented the potato chip when a customer complained her French fries were too thick. He worked as a chef at a time when many restaurants would not hire African Americans.

An Apple for Harriet Tubman by Glennette Tilley Turner. All Ages.
An apple orchard is the scene of one of the worst times of Harriet's life as well as some of the best.

Kente Colors by Debbi Chocolate. Grades 1-3.
Pride in African heritage is exhibited through colorful textiles.

Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad by Pamela D. Edwards. Grades 1-3.

Many Thousand Gone: African-Americans From Slavery to Freedom by Virginia Hamilton. Grades 4-5.

Lift Every Voice and Sing: A Pictorial Tribute to the Negro National Anthem by James Weldon Johnson. Grades K-3.

The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students by Suzanne Jurmain. Grades 4-6.
The story of a woman who opened her school to African-American girls and suffered the wrath of the townspeople.

The Great Migration: An American Story by Jacob Lawrence. Grades 4-5.

Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement by Ann Bausum. Grades 5-9.

Black Americans: A History In Their Own Words: 1619-1983 edited by Milton Meltzer. Grades 6-8.
A collection of speeches, letters, memoirs and testimonies of black Americans.

No More!: Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance by Doreen Rappaport; illustrated by Shane W. Evans. Grades 4-7.

Dinner at Aunt Connie's House by Faith Ringgold. Grades 1-3.
Melody meets twelve inspiring African-American women who step out of their portraits and join the family for dinner.

Bessie Smith and the Night Riders by Sue Stauffacher; illustrated by John Holyfield. Grades 3-5.

The Secret to Freedom by Marcia Vaughan, illustrated by Larry Johnson. Grades 1-3.
Aunt Lucy tells about special quilts that shared the secrets of freedom with runaway slaves.

The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom by Bettye Stroud. All ages.

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Kadir Nelson. All ages.

Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter. Grades 1-3.
Peg Leg Joe's folk song advises a family to follow the North Star to freedom.

Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson. Grades 1-3.
Story of the slaves' use of quilting to show the way to freedom.

Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman. Grades 3-5.

Grandmama's Pride by Becky Birtha. Grades K-2.
On her visit to grandma's house in the south, Sarah Marie feels the sting of segregation, but in later years she notes the changes that have come about.

The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine by Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell. Grades 5-8.

Civil Rights Marches by Linda and Charles George. Grades 4-5.

Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights by Jim Haskins; illustrated by Benny Andrews. Grades 1-3.

Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk About the Civil Rights Movement With the People Who Made it Happen by Casey King, Linda Barrett Osborne, and Joe Brooks. Grades 6-8.

…If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King by Ellen Levine. Grades 4-5.

There Comes a Time: The Struggle For Civil Rights by Milton Meltzer. Grades 6-8.

Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'round; Stories and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement by Doreen Rappaport. Grades 3-6.

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington by Frances E. Ruffin. Grades 1-3.

This is the Dream by Diane Z. Shore and Jessica Alexander; illustrated by James Ransome. Grades K-3.
The story of the Civil Rights Movement unfolds through vibrant illustrations and succinct verse.

Leon's Story by Leon Tillage. Grades 6-8.
The son of a sharecropper recalls the hard times faced by his family in the first half of the 20th century and the changes the Civil Rights Movement helped bring about.

Civil Rights Movement for Kids: A History With 21 Activities by Mary C. Turck. Grades 4 and up.

A Bus of Our Own by Freddi Williams Evans; illustrated by Shawn Costello. Grades 1-3.
Based on real events in Mississippi, a community bands together to provide a bus so the children don't have to walk five miles to school.

The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman. Grades 3-8.

Skin Again by Bell Hooks; illustrated by Chris Raschka. Grades K-1.
Children learn to see more of people around them than just the color of their skin.

Let's Talk About Race by Julius Lester; illustrated by Karen Barbour. Grades 1-4.

Teammates by Peter Golenbock. Grades 4-5.
A picture book story of baseball's PeeWee Reese and his public support of Jackie Robinson.

Freedom School, Yes! by Amy Littlesugar; illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Grades 4-5.
Jolie learns the importance of education after her home is attacked in protest of the Freedom Schools.

Sister Anne's Hands by Marybeth Lorbiecki; illustrated by K. Wendy Popp. Grades 1-3.
Anne learns about racism when an African-American nun comes to teach at her parochial school.

Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Grades 1-3.
Despite the racism and bigotry of 1950's Nashville, Tricia Ann journeys to the most special place she knows: the public library.

It's Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr. Grades K-2.
Parr encourages the acceptance of others no matter the differences.

The Friendship by Mildred Taylor. Grades 4-5.
Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural 1930's Mississippi.

The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson; illustrated by E.B. Lewis. Grades 1-3.
Two girls, one white and one black, become friends despite the fence of racism that divides them.

Followers of the North Star: Rhymes About African American Heroes, Heroines and Historical Times by Susan Altman and Susan Lechner; illustrated by Byron Wooden. All ages.

The Entrance Place of Wonders: Poems of the Harlem Renaissance selected by Daphne Muse. Grades 2-5.

Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children selected by Wade Hudson. Grades 4-5.

Powerful Words: More Than 200 Years of Extraordinary Writing by African Americans by Wade Hudson. Grades 5-9.

The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes. Grades 6-8.

Jazz Age Poet: A Story About Langston Hughes by Veda Boyd Jones; illustrated by Barbara Kiwak. Grades 3-5.

Langston Hughes edited by Arnold Rampersad & David Roessel; illustrated by Benny Andrews. Grades 3-5.

Freedom Like Sunlight: Praisesongs For Black Americans by J. Patrick Lewis. All ages.

Love to Langston by Tony Medina; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Grades K-3.

A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marily Nelson; illustrated by Philippe Lardy. Grades 7-8.
A sequence of sonnets about the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955.

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Bryan Collier. Grades 4-5.
The life Dr. King is presented through expressive, dramatic artwork and quotes from the famous civil right leader.

Words With Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art selected by Belinda Rochelle. X811.008 W924. 2001. All ages.

Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People by Carole Boston Weatherford, designed by Semadar Megged. Grades 4 and up.