Books on Topic: 'Civil Rights'

The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, o...

The Amendments to the Constitution of the USA are a continuously modified document that attempts to secure all basic and other rights for American cit...

In celebration of Juneteenth, LibriVox volunteers bring you five different versions of O Southland!, by James Weldon Johnson. This was the weekly poe...

The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contains several...

Sweet Little Maid is a children's novel by Amy Ella Blanchard that tells the story of Dimple, a nine-year-old girl who lives in the South during the R...

Henry Bibb's autobiography recounts his experiences as a slave in Kentucky and his struggles for freedom. Bibb details the horrors of slavery and the...

"Word of an Engineer: A Life of James Weldon Johnson," is a comprehensive biography of James Weldon Johnson, a prominent African American figure in th...

This book presents a detailed account of the 1873 trial of Susan B. Anthony for voting in the 1872 election. It includes the trial transcripts, speech...

This collection of essays, edited by Booker T. Washington, is representative of what historians have characterized as "racial uplift ideology." These...

This book is a biography of James Weldon Johnson, an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is be...

'Upward Path: A Reader for Colored Children' is a groundbreaking anthology published in 1920 that aimed to provide African American children with stor...

Elizabeth Ross Haynes's "Unsung Heroes" is a collection of 17 biographies of prominent African Americans, many of whom were less recognized in 1921....

Ida B. Wells-Barnett's "Mob Rule in New Orleans" documents a horrific week of mob violence against Black residents in early 20th-century New Orleans....

This anthology of essays, the first in a three-volume set, showcases George William Curtis's insightful commentary on American life in the 19th centur...

Frances E. W. Harper's poems address the pressing social and political issues of her time. Her powerful words speak out against slavery, discriminatio...

A collection of essays and reflections that provides a comprehensive examination of key issues and challenges faced by African-Americans at the turn o...

Charles Waddell Chesnutt's biography of Frederick Douglass explores the life of this remarkable figure, from his harrowing experience as an enslaved p...

This book examines a selection of pivotal cases decided by the United States Supreme Court from 1803 to 2018. It delves into the legal arguments, hist...

“The Gift to Sing” is a collection of poems by James Weldon Johnson, a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance. The poems explore themes of African...

The Kerner Commission Report, officially titled 'Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders', is a landmark document that examines...

Ellen Craft's "Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom" is a gripping firsthand account of a daring escape from slavery. In 1848, Ellen and her husband W...

At the Closed Gate of Justice is a collection of poems by James David Corrothers, an African-American poet, journalist, and minister. The poems explor...

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence, edited by Alice Dunbar Nelson, compiles speeches and writings from prominent African American leaders, capturing the...

This autobiography recounts the life and work of Booker T. Washington, a prominent African American leader who rose from slavery to become a leading a...