1. 50 YEARS OF JUVENILE LITERATURE
FOCUS ON
AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS
Presented by Jim Nance, Cindy Gaylord, Heidi Busch, Sara Rachels, & Adam Kemper
February 24, 2015
3. Bibliography
◦ 50 years of published books
◦ Evaluated over 500 titles published since 1964
◦ List compiled from a variety of sources
◦ Noted unifying themes and age-groups
◦ Places, people, and ideas
◦ Lower-elementary, middle, and higher levels
◦ Approximately 20 titles
◦ Selected by age group and theme
◦ Fiction and non-fiction included
5. Lower-Elementary: Places
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Written and Illustrated by Jeanette Winter
Under the Quilt of Night
by Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by James Ransome
6. Lower-Elementary: Places
Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation
by Pat Sherman
Illustrated by Floyd Cooper
White Socks Only
by Evelyn Coleman
Illustrated by Tyrone Geter
7. Lower-Elementary: Places
Ruth and the Green Book
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
Illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Grandmama’s Pride
by Becky Birtha
Illustrated by Colin Bootman
9. Lower-Elementary: Places
Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
Illustrated by John Holyfield
Climbing Lincoln’s Steps
by Suzanne Slade
Illustrated by Colin Bootman
17. Higher Levels: Ideas
The Logan Family Saga:
The Land; Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry; Let the Circle Be Unbroken; The Road to Memphis
by Mildred Taylor
18. In Conclusion
◦ Organized by age group, and framed by unifying theme
◦ Ideas
◦ Higher Levels
◦ People
◦ Middle Levels
◦ Places
◦ Lower-Elementary
Our bibliography is intended to give young readers an understanding of the events and of the people who faced adversity in these situations. After understanding the places and the people, readers may better grasp the beliefs that may have motivated these brave people to preservere and change the heart of a nation.
