The US Supreme Court is the head of the judicial branch of the federal government. It is the highest court in the land, with thousands of cases appealed to it every year. One of those history-making cases was Plessy v. Ferguson, which decided the constitutionality of "separate but equal" policies in 1896. Readers will follow this case from beginning to end, including the social and political climates that led up to it and the effects it had after...

The story of Rosa Parks and her courageous act of defiance.

After being denied a seat on a New York City streetcar, Elizabeth Jennings begins the fight for equality by telling her story in churches, to newspapers, and finally in the courtroom.

A brief history on the bravery of the Freedom Riders. --Provided by publisher. Excerpt: In the 1960's, African Americans did not have the same rights as white people. The Freedom Riders wanted everyone to have the same rights. --Provided by publisher.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the civil rights activist famous for sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott during the Civil Rights Movement.

"A nonfiction picture book about The Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans during segregation, and the man who wrote it"--

From the back of the bus, an African American child watches the arrest of Rosa Parks.

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.

"On his first train ride, Michael meets a new friend from the "whites only" car--but finds they can hang together for only part of the trip--in the last story in a trilogy about the author&;s life growing up in the segregated South