The following books are set during the Civil Rights Movement in America. If you enjoyed this unit, you may be interested in reading more! I have not read all of these texts but have included a blurb to give you an idea. See Mrs. Swiatocha if you have any questions. Happy Reading!
Letter from the Birmingham Jail, by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
(click on the title to access full text of the essay)
Martin Luther King, Jr. rarely had time to answer his critics. But on April 16, 1963, he was confined to the Birmingham jail, serving a sentence for participating in civil rights demonstrations. "Alone for days in the dull monotony of a narrow jail cell," King pondered a letter that fellow clergymen had published urging him to drop his campaign of nonviolent resistance and to leave the battle for racial equality to the courts. In response, King drafted his most extensive and forceful written statement against social injustice - a remarkable essay that focused the world's attention on Birmingham and spurred the famous March on Washington. Bristling with the energy and resonance of his great speeches, Letter from the Birmingham Jail is both a compelling defense of nonviolent demonstration and a rallying cry for an end to social discrimination that is just as powerful today as it was more than 50 years ago.
Scroll through the slide show, and click on a cover to read the blurb.
Letter from the Birmingham Jail, by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
(click on the title to access full text of the essay)
Martin Luther King, Jr. rarely had time to answer his critics. But on April 16, 1963, he was confined to the Birmingham jail, serving a sentence for participating in civil rights demonstrations. "Alone for days in the dull monotony of a narrow jail cell," King pondered a letter that fellow clergymen had published urging him to drop his campaign of nonviolent resistance and to leave the battle for racial equality to the courts. In response, King drafted his most extensive and forceful written statement against social injustice - a remarkable essay that focused the world's attention on Birmingham and spurred the famous March on Washington. Bristling with the energy and resonance of his great speeches, Letter from the Birmingham Jail is both a compelling defense of nonviolent demonstration and a rallying cry for an end to social discrimination that is just as powerful today as it was more than 50 years ago.
Scroll through the slide show, and click on a cover to read the blurb.