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Summary
Summary
Real-life stories of struggle, achievement, victory, and sometimes loss that are an ideal companion for history, social science, language and geography studies. The Extroardinary People series is the perfect starter for students who want to know more about the people who shaped their world, focusing on the unique histories of people from every culture, and every walk of life.
Author Notes
P Stephen Hardy is the author of several nonfiction books for children.
Reviews 2
School Library Journal Review
Gr 9 Up-This refreshing book looks at the achievements of seldom-mentioned leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, filling a gap in the literature of the period. In addition to biographical sketches of 61 key individuals and organizations of the era, most of which are accompanied by a black-and-white photograph, the text provides an overview of the events leading up to the movement. The profiles begin with Asa Philip Randolph and end with Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon. The book also looks at the Greensboro Four, the Freedom Riders, and those who were killed in the often-forgotten Orangeburg massacre. In short, this title recounts countless acts of raw courage and heroism from ordinary people who did extraordinary things, risking their own lives. This is a time that must be remembered, and these are people who deserve to be celebrated. This book does just those things.-Carol Jones Collins, Columbia High School, Maplewood, NJ (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
This chronologically arranged volumes in the Extraordinary People series covers "extraordinary achievers." Biographical entries on 53 individuals such as Fannie Lou Hamer and Robert Moses are joined by topical entries highlighting a few groups and key events from the 1960s. Entries are three or four pages long and include at least one black-and-white illustration. Other features are paragraph-length entries on an additional 27 people, a glossary, and a list of resources "To Find Out More." --Mary Ellen Quinn Copyright 2007 Booklist
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 8 |
| Timeline of Key Events, 1954-1968 | p. 11 |
| Asa Philip Randolph: (1889-1979) Union Leader and Organizer | p. 17 |
| Charles Hamilton Houston: (1895-1950) Chief Legal Counsel for the NAACP | p. 21 |
| Septima Poinsette Clark: (1898-1987) Civil Rights Activist and Educator | p. 25 |
| Zephaniah Alexander Looby: (1899-1972) Attorney | p. 29 |
| Edgar Daniel Nixon: (1899-1987) Civil Rights Activist, Alabama | p. 33 |
| Modjeska Monteith Simkins: (1899-1992) Civil Rights Activist, South Carolina | p. 36 |
| Roy Wilkins: (1901-1981) Journalist and Executive Secretary of the NAACP | p. 40 |
| Ella Josephine Baker: (1903-1986) Executive Director of the SCLC and Leader of the SNCC | p. 43 |
| Myles Horton: (1905-1990) Founder of the Highlander Folk School | p. 47 |
| Thurgood Marshall: (1908-1993) U.S. Supreme Court Justice | p. 51 |
| Clarence Mitchell Jr.: (1911-1984) Lawyer and Lobbyist | p. 55 |
| Amzie Moore: (1911-1982) Civil Rights Activist, Mississippi | p. 59 |
| Isaiah DeQuincey Newman: (1911-1985) Civil Rights Activist, South Carolina | p. 63 |
| Bayard Taylor Rustin: (1912-1987) Cofounder of the SCLC | p. 66 |
| Daisy Bates: (1914-1999) Friend and Adviser to the Little Rock Nine | p. 70 |
| Fannie Lou Hamer: (1917-1977) Civil Rights Activist and Cofounder of the MFDP | p. 75 |
| James Leonard Farmer Jr.: (1920-1999) Civil Rights Leader, Cofounder of CORE | p. 79 |
| Dr. Joseph Lowery: (1921-) Civil Rights Activist, Alabama | p. 84 |
| Constance Baker Motley: (1921-2005) Attorney, Politician, Federal Judge | p. 87 |
| Avon Nyanza Williams Jr.: (1921-1994) Attorney | p. 90 |
| Fred Lee Shuttlesworth: (1922-) Civil Rights Leader, Cofounder of the SCLC | p. 94 |
| Ernest C. Withers: (1922-) Photographer | p. 97 |
| Aaron Henry: (1922-1997) Civil Rights Leader, Mississippi | p. 100 |
| Charles Evers: (1922-) Civil Rights Activist, Mississippi | p. 104 |
| Mae Bertha Carter: (1923-1999) Civil Rights Activist, Mississippi | p. 107 |
| Cordy Tindell Vivian: (1924-) Civil Rights Activist, Tennessee | p. 111 |
| Medgar Evers: (1925-1963) Civil Rights Leader | p. 114 |
| Malcolm Little, a.k.a. Malcoln X, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz: (1925-1965) Civil Rights Leader | p. 119 |
| Ralph Abernathy: (1926-1990) Civil Rights Leader | p. 124 |
| Hosea Williams: (1926-2000) Civil Rights Activist and Organizer | p. 127 |
| Harold "Harry" George Belafonte Jr.: (1927-) Singer, Actor, Producer, Activist, and Humanitarian | p. 131 |
| Coretta Scott King: (1927-2006) First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement | p. 135 |
| James Lawson: (1928-) Civil Rights Leader | p. 139 |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: (1929-1968) Civil Rights Leader | p. 143 |
| Dorothy Foreman Cotton: (c. 1931-) Civil Rights Leader, Educator | p. 149 |
| Richard "Dick" Claxton Gregory: (1932-) Comedian, Civil Rights Activist, Author | p. 152 |
| Andrew Jackson Young Jr.: (1932-) Civil Rights Leader | p. 156 |
| Unita Blackwell: (1933-) Civil Rights Leader, Mississippi | p. 159 |
| Walter Fauntroy: (1933-) Civil Rights Activist and Lobbyist | p. 163 |
| James Meredith: (1933-) Civil Rights Activist, Mississippi | p. 167 |
| Myrlie Evers-Williams: (1933-) Civil Rights Leader | p. 171 |
| Robert "Bob" Moses: (1935-) Civil Rights Activist, Organizer, and Educator | p. 174 |
| Marion Shepilov Barry Jr.: (1936-) Civil Rights Leader, Politician | p. 177 |
| Dr. James Luther Bevel: (1936-) Civil Rights Leader | p. 181 |
| Diane Nash: (1938-) Civil Rights Activist, Tennessee | p. 186 |
| Horace Julian Bond: (1940-) Civil Rights Leader and Journalist | p. 190 |
| John R. Lewis: (1940-) Civil Rights Leader, Politician | p. 194 |
| James Zwerg: (1940-) Civil Rights Activist | p. 198 |
| Stokely Carmichael, a.k.a. Kwame Toure: (1941-1998) Civil Rights Leader | p. 202 |
| Jesse Louis Jackson Sr.: (1941-) Civil Rights Leader, Politician | p. 206 |
| Emmett Till: (1941-1955) Innocent Victim | p. 210 |
| Dr. James Edward Orange: (1942-) Civil Rights Activist, Alabama | p. 214 |
| Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon: (1942-) Civil Rights Activist, Singer, Composer, and Scholar | p. 217 |
| The Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott: (1955) Jo Ann Robinson, Claudette Colvin, and Rosa Parks | p. 221 |
| The Greensboro Four: (1960) Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr., and David Richmond | p. 226 |
| The Freedom Rides: (1961) | p. 230 |
| Freedom Summer: (1964) | p. 235 |
| From Selma to Montgomery: Marching for the Vote: (1965) | p. 240 |
| The Martyrs of the Orangeburg Massacre: (1968) Henry Smith, Samuel Hammond Jr., DeLano Middleton, and Cleveland Sellers | p. 244 |
| The Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike: (1968) | p. 248 |
| Resurrection City and the Poor People's Campaign: (1968) | p. 253 |
| More Extraordinary People of the Civil Rights Movement | p. 257 |
| Glossary | p. 268 |
| To Find Out More | p. 272 |
| Index | p. 279 |
| About the Authors | p. 288 |
