Open Court

Grade 6

Taking a Stand

301.4 DeP

De Pauw, Linda Grant. Founding mothers : women in America in the

revolutionary era. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1975.

Describes the daily lives, social roles, and contributions

of women living during the revolutionary period.

305.8 Kin

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. I have a dream. 1st ed.

New York, NY : Scholastic, 1997.

323 Cwi

Cwiklik, Robert. A. Philip Randolph and the labor movement.

Brookfiled, Conn. : Millbrook Press, c1993. A biography of

the civil rights activist who organized the Brotherhood of

Sleeping Car Porters, which acted as a labor union for

Pullman car porters, and crusaded for equal rights for

blacks in the armed forces, military industries, and in

labor unions.

323 Mar

Marx, David F. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. New York :

Children's Press, c2001. Presents the history and meaning

behind the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.

323.4 Con

Conta, Marcia Maher. Women for human rights. Milwaukee :

Raintree Publishers, [c1979]. Brief descriptions of the

lives, accomplishments, and goals of various women prominent

in the field of human rights. Includes Shirley Chisholm,

Dorothy Day, Margaret Kuhn, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

324.6 Cli

Clinton, Susan. The story of Susan B. Anthony. Chicago :

Childrens Press, c1986. Recounts the story of the

nineteenth-century activist who spent much of her life

fighting for women's rights.

364 Sie

Siegel, Beatrice. Murder on the highway : the Viola Liuzzo

story. 1st ed. New York : Toronto : New York : Four Winds

Press ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan

International, c1993. Presents the life of the civil rights

worker who was murdered shortly after the 1965 march from

Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and discusses the rights of

Afro-Americans living in the South prior to and following

her death.

394.2 Rau

Rau, Dana Meachen, 1971-. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. New York

: Children's Press, c2001. Describes the history of Martin

Luther King Jr. Day, and looks at some of the ways in which

the holiday is observed.

920 Pin

Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Let it shine : stories of Black women

freedom fighters. 1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt, c2000.

Tells the stories of ten African-American women freedom

fighters.

940.54 Moc

Mochizuki, Ken, 1954-. Passage to freedom : the Sugihara story.

1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c1997.

B Ant

Cooper, Ilene. Susan B. Anthony. New York : F. Watts, 1984. A

biography of one of the first leaders of the campaign for

women's rights who helped organize the women's suffrage

movement.

B Ant

Davis, Lucile. Susan B. Anthony : a photo-illustrated biography.

Mankato, MN : Bridgestone Books, c1998. An introductory

biography of the early women's rights activist who fought

for women's right to vote.

B Ant

Raatma, Lucia. Susan B. Anthony. Minneapolis : Compass Point

Books, c2001.

B Ant

Roop, Peter. Susan B. Anthony. Des Plaines, Ill. : Heinemann

Interactive Library, 1998. An introductory biography of the

early feminist who fought for women's right to vote.

B Blo

Lickteig, Mary J. Amelia Bloomer : a photo-illustrated

biography. Mankata, Minn. : Bridgestone Books, c1998. A

biography of the temperance leader and women's rights

advocate who spent her life working to improve social

conditions for women.

B Cha

Davis, Lucile. Cesar Chavez : a photo-illustrated biography.

Mankato, Minn. : Bridgestone Books, c1998. Presents the

life story of the Mexican American labor leader who achieved

justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to

protect their rights.

B Cur

Greene, Carol. Marie Curie, pioneer physicist. Chicago :

Childrens Press, c1984. A biography of the brilliant

scientist whose work with radioactivity caused her death,

but gave life to others.

B Cur

Poynter, Margaret. Marie Curie : discoverer of radium.

Hillside, N.J. : Enslow, c1994.

B Cur

Linder, Greg, 1950-. Marie Curie : a photo-illustrated

biography. Mankato, Minn. : Bridgestone Books, c1999. A

biography of the scientist who discovered radium and won two

Nobel Prizes.

B Cur

Rau, Dana Meachen, 1971-. Marie Curie. Minneapolis, Minn. :

Compass Point Books, c2001. A brief biography of the

scientist who twice received the Nobel Prize for her work

with radium.

B Cur

Brandt, Keith, 1949-. Marie Curie, brave scientist. Mahwah,

N.J. : Troll Associates, c1983. A brief biography focusing

on the youth of the scientist who twice received the Nobel

Prize for her work with radium.

B Dou

McLoone, Margo. Frederick Douglass : a photo-illustrated

biography. Mankato, Minn. : Bridgestone Press, c1997. A

brief biography of the man who escaped life as a slave in

1838 and became a great anti-slavery orator and advisor to

President Abraham Lincoln.

B Ear

Sabin, Francene. Amelia Earhart, adventure in the sky. Mahwah,

NJ : Troll, c1983. A biography of an aviation pioneer,

emphasizing her childhood.

B Gri

McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino. Sisters against slavery : a

story about Sarah and Angelina Grimké. Minneapolis :

Carolrhoda Books, c1999. A biography of two sisters from a

wealthy southern family who devoted their lives to the

causes of abolition and women's rights.

B Joa

Stanley, Diane. Joan of Arc. New York : Morrow Junior Books,

c1998. A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl

who led a French army to victory against the English and was

burned at the stake for witchcraft.

B Jos

Johnson, Robert Proctor, 1924-. Chief Joseph,. Minneapolis, :

Dillon Press, [1974]. A biography of the nineteenth-century

Nez Percé chief concentrating on his unending struggle to

win peace and equality for his people.

B Jos

McAuliffe, Bill. Chief Joseph of the Nez Percé : a

photo-illustrated biography. Mankato, Minn. : Bridgestone

Books, c1998. The story of the Indian leader who tried but

failed to get his people into Canada in 1877 so that they

would not be sent to a reservation.

B Kin

Lowery, Linda. Martin Luther King Day. Minneapolis, Minn. :

Carolrhoda Books, c1987. Briefly recounts the life of the

black minister who devoted his life to civil rights and

discusses the national holiday in his name: Martin Luther

King Day celebrated on the third Monday of every January.

B Kin

McKissack, Pat, 1944-. Martin Luther King, Jr., a man to

remember. Chicago : Childrens Press, c1984. A biography of

the Baptist minister from Georgia who led a non-violent

crusade against racial segregation which resulted in new

awareness among Americans of all colors of the principles of

which their nation was founded.

B Kin

Wilson, Beth P. Martin Luther King, Jr. New York, : Putnam,

[1971]. An easy-to-read biography of the slain black leader

whose activities from 1955 to 1968 chronicle the advances in

civil rights for that period.

B Kin

Hunter, Nigel. Martin Luther King, Jr. New York : Bookwright

Press, 1985. Profiles the life and achievements of the

Baptist preacher and civil rights leader who practiced the

principle of nonviolence in an attempt to gain equal rights

for all Americans.

B Kin

Adler, David A. Martin Luther King, Jr. : free at last. 1st ed.

New York : Holiday House, [c1986]. A biography of the

Baptist minister who worked unceasingly for his dream of a

world without hate, prejudice, or violence, and was

assassinated in the attempt.

B Kin

Roop, Peter. Martin Luther King Jr. Des Plaines, Ill. :

Heinemann Interactive Library, 1998. An introductory

biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader

whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil

disobedience helped African Americans win many battles for

equal rights.

B Kin

Bains, Rae. Martin Luther King. Mahwah, N.J. : Troll

Associates, c1985. A biography of a courageous leader in

the civil rights movement who championed nonviolent protest

and "had a dream" of equality for all.

B Lin

Miers, Earl Schenck, 1910-. Abraham Lincoln in peace and war,.

1st ed. New York, : American Heritage Pub. Co.; book trade

and institutional distribution by Harper & Row, [1964]. A

portrait of Abraham Lincoln which explores all aspects of

his personality and life and explains his determination to

save the Union.

B Lin

Usel, T. M. Abraham Lincoln : a photo-illustrated biography.

Mankato, Minn : Bridgestone Books, c1996. Presents the life

story of the sixteenth president of the United States who is

known for ending slavery in the U.S.

B Lin

Raatma, Lucia. Abraham Lincoln. Minneapolis : Compass Point

Books, c2000. A brief biography of the sixteenth president,

known as a wise and compassionate man and an eloquent

speaker, whose determination helped preserve the Union

during the Civil War.

B Lin

D'Aulaire, Ingri. Abraham Lincoln. New York : A Picture

Yearling Special, 1993, c1939. Text and illustrations

present the life of the boy born on the Kentucky frontier

who became the sixteenth president of the United States.

B Lin

Fontes, Justine. Abraham Lincoln : lawyer, leader, legend. 1st

American ed. London ; New York : DK, 2001. A biography of

Abraham Lincoln emphasizing his roles of lawyer, president,

and legend.

B Lin

Cohn, Amy L. Abraham Lincoln. New York : Scholastic Press,

c2002. A simple biography of the Illinois lawyer who served

the country as president through the difficulties of the

Civil War.

B Man

Meltzer, Milton, 1915-. Winnie Mandela : the soul of South

Africa. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking Kestrel, 1986.

With an emphasis on her early years, covers the life of the

South African woman who married a prominent fighter for

racial equality in South Africa and later became a leader in

her own right.

B Mar

Cavan, Seamus. Thurgood Marshall and equal rights. Brookfield,

Conn. : Millbrook Press, c1993. Examines the life and

accomplishments of the first black judge to be appointed to

the Supreme Court.

B Par

Ringgold, Faith. If a bus could talk : the story of Rosa Parks.

1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young People,

1999. A biography of the African American woman and civil

rights worker whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus led

to a boycott which lasted more than a year in Montgomery,

Alabama.

B Par

Brandt, Keith, 1949-. Rosa Parks : fight for freedom. [Mahwah,

N.J.] : Troll, c1993. A biography of the woman whose

actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery,

Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the

early days of the civil rights movement.

B Par

Adler, David A. A picture book of Rosa Parks. New York :

Holiday House, c1993. A biography of the Alabama black

woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped

establish the civil rights movement.

B Sta

Davis, Lucile. Elizabeth Cady Stanton : a photo-illustrated

biography. Mankato, MN : Bridgestone Books, c1998. A brief

biography of the staunch supporter of women's rights who

helped plan the historic Woman's Rights Convention in Seneca

Falls, New York, in 1848.

B Tru

Jaffe, Elizabeth D. Sojourner Truth. Minneapolis : Compass

Point Books, c2001.

B Tub

Rau, Dana Meachen, 1971-. Harriet Tubman. Minneapolis, Minn. :

Compass Point Books, c2000. An introduction to the life of

Harriet Tubman, who helped hundreds of slaves escape to

freedom via the Underground Railroad.

B Tub

Rowley, John, 1955-. Harriet Tubman. Des Plaines, Ill. :

Heinemann Interactive Library, c1998. A simple biography of

the woman who escaped life as a slave and then rescued other

slaves as a conductor in the Underground Railroad.

B X

White, Florence Meiman, 1910-. Malcolm X: Black and proud,.

Champaign, Ill., : Garrard Pub. Co., [1975]. A biography of

the black man who, as leader of the Black Muslims and later

of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, sought a better

life for his people.

B X

Davis, Lucile. Malcolm X : a photo-illustrated biography.

Mankato, Minn. : Bridgestone, c1998. A biography of the

Black Muslim who became a leader of a movement to unite

black people throughout the world.

B X

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-. Malcolm X : a fire burning brightly.

1st ed. [New York] : HarperCollins, c2000. Text and

pictures describe the life and ideas of the Black Muslim

leader Malcolm X.

E Rin

Ringgold, Faith. Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the sky.

1st ed. New York : Crown, c1992. With Harriet Tubman as

her guide, Cassie retraces the steps escaping slaves took on

the Underground Railroad in order to reunite with her

younger brother.

F Est

Estes, Eleanor. Hundred dresses.

F Hen

Henry, Marguerite, 1902-. King of the Wind;. Chicago, : Rand

McNally, [1948]. Follows the adventures of the Arabian

stallion brought to England to become one of the founding

sires of the Thoroughbred breed and the mute Arab stable boy

who tended him with loyalty and devotion all his life.

F Low

Lowry, Lois. Number the stars. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co.,

1989. In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark,

ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous

when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.

F Sto

Stolz, Mary, 1920-. Stealing home. 1st ed. New York, N.Y. :

HarperCollins, c1992. Though they still listen to baseball

and go fishing, Thomas and his grandfather find life in

their small house in Florida changed when Great-aunt Linzy

comes to stay.

PB e

Smith, Kathie Billingslea. Abraham Lincoln. New York :

Wanderer, c1987. Examines the life of the lawyer who became

America's sixteenth president and served during the Civil

War.

PB e

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-. Young Martin's promise. Austin, TX :

Raintree/Steck Vaughn, c1993. Relates events in Martin

Luther King, Jr.'s, childhood which sowed the seeds for his

activism for equal rights for people, regardless of their

color.

PB f

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Running out of time. 1st Aladdin

Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1997, c1995.

When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village,

thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1995

tourist site under unseen observation by heartless

scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and

save the lives of the dying children.

VC

Martin Luther King Day.