Civil Rights Movement Reads for Kids

I Am Ruby Bridges

By: Ruby Bridges
Narrated by: Grace Capeless
Length: 28 minutes

Ruby Bridges tells her story as never before and shares the events of the momentous day in 1960 when Ruby became the first Black child to integrate the all-white William Franz Elementary as a six year old little girl -- a personal and intimate look through a child's lens at a landmark moment in our Civil Rights history.My work will be precious.I... Read more

One Crazy Summer

By: Rita Williams-Garcia
Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults
ALA Notable Children’s Book
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
Newbery Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Award (Author)

In this Newbery Honor novel, New York Times bestselling author Rita WilliamsGarcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned... Read more

My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

By: Martin Luther King
Narrated by: Martin Luther King
Length: 12 minutes

What was it like growing up as a son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? This memoir by Martin Luther King III provides insight into one of history’s most fascinating families and into a special bond between father and son.“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their... Read more

What Is the Civil Rights Movement?

What Was?

By: Sherri L. Smith & Who HQ
Narrated by: David Sadzin
Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Relive the moments when African Americans fought for equal rights, and made history.

Even though slavery had ended in the 1860s, African Americans were still suffering under the weight of segregation a hundred years later. They couldn't go to the same schools, eat at the same restaurants, or even use the same bathrooms as white people. But by the... Read more

Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963)

By: Sharon Robinson
Narrated by: Sharon Robinson
Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

An incredible memoir from Sharon Robinson about one of the most important years of the civil rights movement.In January 1963, Sharon Robinson turns 13 the night before George Wallace declares on national television "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" in his inauguration speech as governor of Alabama. It is the beginning... Read more

Brown Girl Dreaming

By: Jacqueline Woodson
Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award winner

Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Another Brooklyn, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. 
 
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African... Read more

Young, Gifted and Black

Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present

See Yourself in Their Stories

By: Jamia Wilson
Narrated by: Ako Mitchell & Olivia Forrest
Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

“...to be revisited again and again…” –The New York Times

“...diverse collection of iconic figures…beautifully crafted volume…” –Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

“…exuberant…a launching point for more discoveries.” –School Library Journal, Starred Review

“A luminous and diverse tribute to black movers and shakers across the centuries.” –Publishers... Read more

Preaching to the Chickens

The Story of Young John Lewis

By: Jabari Asim
Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
Length: 10 minutes

Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis team up to give readers a fascinating glimpse into the boyhood of Civil Rights leader John Lewis. Even as a very young boy, John Lewis knew he wanted to be a preacher when he grew up. He wanted to be the kind of leader who could use his passionate... Read more

Child of the Civil Rights Movement

By: Paula Young Shelton
Narrated by: Paula Young Shelton
Length: 25 minutes

What was it like growing up in the Deep South when Jim Crow laws were everywhere?

How did it feel to sit down to dinner with grown-ups who planned protests between bites of Mama’s creamy macaroni and cheese?And imagine walking right beside Uncle Martin and Aunt Coretta in that historic
march from Selma to Montgomery—until your legs were so tired... Read more

Stamped (For Kids)

Racism, Antiracism, and You

By: Ibram X. Kendi & Jason Reynolds
Narrated by: Pe'Tehn Raighn-Kem Jackson
Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

This chapter book edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller by luminaries Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds is an essential introduction to the history of racism and antiracism in America
 
RACE. Uh-oh. The R-word. 
But actually talking about race is one of the most important things to learn how to do.

Adapted from the groundbreaking... Read more