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Chafe,William H., Raymond Gavins, Robert Korstad, and others, eds. Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell About Life in the Segregated South. New York: The New Press, 2001.

Engelbert, Phillis. American Civil Rights: Biographies. Detroit, Michigan: UXL, 1999.

Jensen, Richard J., and Hammerback, John C., eds. The Words of César Chávez. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2002.

Ritchie, Donald. Doing Oral History. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995.

Saye, John William. Ghost Dancing the Law: The Wounded Knee Trials. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1997.

Wexler, Sanford. An Eyewitness History of the Civil Rights Movement. New York: Checkmark Books, 1999.

For Younger Readers:

Altman, Linda Jacobs. The American Civil Rights Movement: The African-American Struggle for Equality. Berkeley Heights, New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, Inc., 2004.

Cheatham, Kae. Dennis Banks: Native American Activist. Springfield. New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, 1997.

Gaines, Ann. César Chávez: The Fight for Farm Workers Rights. Chanhassen, Minnesota: The Child's World, 2003.

Orr, Tamra B. The Civil Rights Movement. San Diego, California: Blackbirch Press, 2004.

The Struggle for Civil Rights: 1940s-1970s. Evanston, Illinois: Nextext, 2003.

Vernell, Marjorie. Leaders of Black Civil Rights. San Diego, California: Lucent Books, 2000.

Connecting Kids

• Civil Rights
  http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_civilrights.php
• From Slavery to Civil Rights
  http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/civilrights/flash.html

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