The Story of Civil Rights

by Wil Mara

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

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 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 titles 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.

Genres: History

64 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 2, 2018

About the author

Wil Mara has worked as an author for over 34 years and currently has more than 325 books in print. He has written both fiction and nonfiction, for children and adults. His books have won multiple awards, reached bestseller lists, earned excellent reviews, and been translated into more than a dozen languages. 2005’s Wave won the New Jersey Notable Book Award, and 2012’s The Gemini Virus remained on Amazon’s list of ‘Ten Bestseller Medical Thrillers’ for 14 consecutive weeks. The most recent novel in his disaster series, Fallout, was nominated for the Edgar Award for Novel of the Year. And his children’s nonfiction publications have won countless awards and terrific reviews in all the leading trade journals, including Booklist, School Library Journal, Kirkus, and others.

Much of his work for children has been nonfiction for the school-library market. He also ghostwrote five of the popular ‘Boxcar Children’ mysteries. And starting in 2019, Rosen Publishing released the first of his new ‘Twisted’ series, which has been described as “Twilight Zones for kids.” It became the most pre-ordered fiction series in the company’s history. The first ‘Twisted’ book, The Videomaniac, was released on January 1 and sold through its first printing in less than a month. The second, House of a Million Rooms, was released on March 1 and, just a few weeks later, was chosen as a Main Selection Title by the Junior Library Guild.

Wil was also an editor, administrator, and executive inside the industry for over 20 years, working for such houses as Scholastic, McGraw-Hill, Macmillan, and Prentice-Hall until turning to fulltime writing in 2005. He is an associate member of the NJASL and an executive member of the Board of Directors for the New Jersey Center for the Book, which is an affiliate of the US Library of Congress. He is also the vice president of the Literary Alliance of New Jersey, the host of the ‘Voice of American Libraries’ podcast, and the 2019 recipient of the Literary Lion of New Jersey Award, whose past winners include Gus Friedrich, Dean Emeritus of Rutgers University, and Joyce Carol Oates, National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Wil is also an experienced speaker, presenter, and voice artist, having visited more than 300 schools and other institutions, and done the audio readings for many books, including his 2012 thriller The Gemini Virus. He continues to speak to audiences across the country (including via video) and do voice work as his writing schedule permits.

Reviews

[Sean Day · Rating 5 out of 5]

Title: The Story of Civil Rights
Author: Wil Mara
Art Editor: Kanika Kalra
Book level: 3.0
Book summary: This is a story educating the reader about what are civil rights and how many Americans took action and fought for change. Does the fight still go on?
Characteristics: Multicultural Literature
Bookshelf Mentor Writing Traits: This is organization in a (mostly) chronological order with a clearly identified purpose.
Classroom Integration: This subject can be taught in Social Studies and be integrated into reading and literature. I suggest it is part of an entire unit plan for more than 1 grade throughout Elementary and higher learning.

[Autumn Kearney · Rating 2 out of 5]

Are civil rights for everyone or are they just for black people? The definition reads like they are for everyone, but everywhere you look they are used exclusively for blacks. Don’t we all need to have civil rights? If we keep splitting up blacks and whites, how will we ever learn how to get along with one another?

[Anthony · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fact filled book about the history and on going struggle, and movement for Civil Rights for the young reader to learn about, and participate in. A glossary, and quiz to enhance the learning process.

[Kaitlyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

it is sad because it was not fair back then.

[Crystal · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book presents the Civil Rights movement simply but in context, and connects it to the unfinished work we have to do today.