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Top Mighty Girl Books on Civil Rights History

A Mighty Girl special feature honoring the contributions of women and girls to the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. These fiction and non-fiction selections include many biographies of female leaders of the struggle for racial equality. For more inspirational stories of African-American women's history from colonial times through present day, visit our African-American History section.
Recommended Age
  1. 3 - 5 (Preschool) 17
  2. 6 - 8 (Elementary) 32
  3. 9 - 12 (Pre-Teen) 30
  4. 13+ (Teen) 15
Price
  1. $0.00 - $19.99 54
  2. $20.00 and above 1
Award Winners
  1. Newbery Honor 3
  2. Caldecott Honor 1
  3. National Book Winner 1
  4. National Book Finalist 2
  5. Coretta Scott King Award 5
  6. Jane Addams Award 3
  7. Scott O'Dell Award 1
  8. Parents’ Choice Award 4
Special Features
  1. Mighty Girl Top Picks 5
Language
  1. English 53
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1–36 of 55 items
  1. I Am Rosa Parks I Am Rosa Parks
    $10.43
  2. Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March
    $15.90
  3. The Story Of Ruby Bridges The Story Of Ruby Bridges
    $6.99
  4. Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges
    $13.84
  5. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
    $12.04
  6. A Sweet Smell of Roses A Sweet Smell of Roses
    $13.68
  7. Coretta Scott Coretta Scott
    $7.68
  8. Child of the Civil Rights Movement Child of the Civil Rights Movement
    $6.54
  9. Rosa Parks: My Story Rosa Parks: My Story
    $7.37
  10. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
    $13.59
  11. Remember: The Journey to School Integration Remember: The Journey to School Integration
    $14.68
  12. The Other Side The Other Side
    $12.59
  13. The Lions of Little Rock The Lions of Little Rock
    $7.99
  14. Things Too Huge To Fix By Saying Sorry Things Too Huge To Fix By Saying Sorry
    $11.89
  15. Ruby Lee and Me Ruby Lee and Me
    $11.89
  16. Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
    $16.68
  17. Coretta Scott King: I Kept On Marching Coretta Scott King: I Kept On Marching
    $5.59
  18. Lillian's Right To Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Lillian's Right To Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
    $14.39
  19. Midnight Without A Moon Midnight Without A Moon
    $7.99
  20. She Stood For Freedom: The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland (Middle Grade) She Stood For Freedom: The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland (Middle Grade)
    $13.37
  21. She Stood For Freedom: The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland She Stood For Freedom: The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
    $15.29
  22. Night on Fire Night on Fire
    $9.11
  23. The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
    $10.29
  24. Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case
    $15.39
  25. Who Was Coretta Scott King? Who Was Coretta Scott King?
    $5.99
  26. Let the Children March Let the Children March
    $16.19
  27. The Case for Loving: The Fight For Interracial Marriage The Case for Loving: The Fight For Interracial Marriage
    $14.95
  28. Revolution Revolution
    $15.63
  29. Little Rock Girl 1957: How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration Little Rock Girl 1957: How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration
  30. White Socks Only White Socks Only
    $6.99
  31. Glory Be Glory Be
    $6.99
  32. One Crazy Summer One Crazy Summer
    $6.99
  33. If A Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks If A Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks
    $7.99
  34. Ruth and the Green Book Ruth and the Green Book
    $16.19
  35. Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
    $5.99
  36. Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation
    $9.98
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