Civil Rights Historical Fiction
11yo Delphine is excited to spend the summer in
California with her sisters. She quickly learns that her mother has no
intention of taking care of them. It’s up to Delphine to be the adult and
entertain herself. The Black Panthers movement plays prominently in the story.
This is an autobiographical story written in verse.
Woodson’s early years are spent in South Carolina with her grandparents and
later in New York with her mother. She describes the cultural differences in
her two childhood experiences from a civil rights perspective.
Two brothers growing up in Flint, Michigan during the Civil
Rights movement are unaware about what is going on in the south until they
drive to Alabama to visit their grandmother. Told from the point of view of the
younger brother who is harassed by his older, rebellious brother. Humorous.
Typical of Karen Hesse, this story is written in verse. The
Ku Klux Klan has infiltrated a small Vermont town in the 1920s. The story is
told through the perspectives of various community members, including a black
girl and Jewish girl.
The South is segregated in the 1930s. When Stella and her
brother wander outside one night, they stumble upon the Ku Klux Klan burning a
cross. Things aren’t getting better after all. They are as segregated as ever.
12yo Marlee goes to an all-white school and isn’t
into socializing. When darker skinned
Liz shows up, they become instant friends. Liz helps Marlee overcome her fears.
Then one day Liz is gone without a word. When Marlee finds out why, the pair
are determined to stand up to the injustice.
It’s summer and Glory is excited to swim at the city pool.
Word has it that a civil rights group is trying to desegregate the pool, so the
city simply closed it to avoid the situation. Glory’s family is sympathetic to
the cause, but doesn’t know how involved they should be or what they can do to
affect change.
Sophie’s family has just moved to a mostly white upper
middle class neighborhood in Los Angeles. She becomes good friends with
Jennifer, but most of the white girls deliberately exclude her because of her
skin color. When a friend is unfairly arrested in the Watts riots Sophie learns
that life is simply not fair if you’re black.
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