I recommend the following books for use when teaching the era of the American Revolution to students in intermediate-level grades:
- Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
- Start Something (Elementary Curriculum) provided by the Tiger Woods Foundation
- Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
by Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Abby Takes a Stand (Scraps of Time)
by McKissack, Patricia and James, Gordon
- Freedom School, Yes!
by Littlesugar, Amy
- Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and Others (Thrift Edition)
by Daley, James
- Let Them Play!
by Raven, Margot Theis
- Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Rappaport, Doreen
- My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
by Farris, Christine King
- Rosa
by Giovanni, Nikki and Collier, Bryan
- The School is Not White!
by Rappaport, Doreen and Curtis, James
- The Story Of Ruby Bridges
by Coles, Robert
- . . . If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King
by Levine, Ellen
- Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round: Stories and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement
by Rappaport, Doreen and Evans, Shane
- Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly
by Myers, Walter Dean
- A Sweet Smell of Roses
by Johnson, Angela
- I Am Rosa Parks
by Parks, Rosa
- The Civil Rights Movement: Revised Edition
by Dierenfield, Bruce
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
by Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Our Friend, Martin
a video by 20th Century Fox
- Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights
by Haskins, James
- I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Meyers, Walter Dean
