Read the stories of the amazing men and women who fought for equality during the US Civil Rights Movement, including Martin Luther King Jr. and the March on Washington, and Rosa Parks and the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Learn all about civil rights-what they are, and why they're important. This book covers the history of civil rights in the US, including slavery and the abolition of slavery, and segregation. It discusses the momentous US Civil Rights Movement, from sit-ins and protests, to marches and inspirational speeches, to legislation for equality. There's also information about modern-day issues, and how children can use their voices to become activists in their own communities.

Perfect for 7-9 year olds starting to read alone, Level 3 Readers include in-depth information presented through more complex sentence structure with increasing amount of text to expand the reader's general knowledge and confidence in reading. Additional information spreads are full of extra facts, developing the topics through a range of nonfiction presentation styles, such as quotes, lists, and statistics.

This book is part of a book series called Dk Readers Level 3 .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-9 years. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .

Author Wil Mara (New Jersey, USA) is an award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction for children. His DK books include "DK Life Stories: Albert Einstein" and the DK Reader, "The Story of Civil Rights". He has written extensively for Scholastic, including more than 50 titles in their Rookie Biographies and Rookie Read-About series. Our authors are supported by a group of solid educational, literacy, and subject consultants in the UK, the US, and globally via our Children's Advisory Panel. We have established this panel to inform our publishing on this series and across our children's list.