Liberty's Civil Rights Road Trip

Liberty's Civil Rights Road Trip
Author: Michael W. Waters
Publisher: Flyaway Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781947888197

Time to board the bus! Liberty and her friend Abdullah, with their families and a diverse group of passengers, head off to their first stop: Jackson, Mississippi. Next on their map are Glendora, Memphis, Birmingham, Montgomery, and finally Selma, for a march across the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge. As told through the innocent view of a child, Liberty's Civil Rights Road Trip serves as an early introduction to places, people, and events that transformed history. The story is inspired by an actual journey led by author Michael W. Waters, bringing together a multigenerational group to witness key locations from the civil rights movement. An author's note and more information about each stop on Liberty’s trip offer ways for adults to expand the conversation with young readers.

Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights

Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights
Author: Gretchen Sorin
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2020-02-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1631495704

Bloomberg • Best Nonfiction Books of 2020: "[A] tour de force." The basis of a major PBS documentary by Ric Burns, this “excellent history” (The New Yorker) reveals how the automobile fundamentally changed African American life. Driving While Black demonstrates that the car—the ultimate symbol of independence and possibility—has always held particular importance for African Americans, allowing black families to evade the dangers presented by an entrenched racist society and to enjoy, in some measure, the freedom of the open road. Melding new archival research with her family’s story, Gretchen Sorin recovers a lost history, demonstrating how, when combined with black travel guides—including the famous Green Book—the automobile encouraged a new way of resisting oppression.

For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World

For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World
Author: Michael W. Waters
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Total Pages: 17
Release: 2020-09-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1611649978

Winner of the 2020 Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice A Top Ten Selection of the 2021 In the Margins Book Awards A Texas Institute of Letters 2021 Finalist for Best Picture Book A 2021 RCC Wilbur Award Winner A Picture Book Discovery Prize Winner for the 2020 Writers' League of Texas Book Awards "Dad, what happened?" "Why are they shooting?" "What is this vigil for?" The shootings keep coming, and so do Jeremiah's questions. Dad doesn't have easy answers, but that doesn't mean he won't talk about it—or that he won't act. But what if Jeremiah doesn't want to talk anymore? None of it makes sense, and he's just a kid. Even if he wants to believe in a better world, is there anything he can do about it? Inspired by real-life events, this honest, intimate look at one family's response to racism and gun violence includes a discussion guide created by the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, a multicultural center and museum committed to promoting respect, hope, and understanding. A portion of the publisher's sales proceeds will be donated to nonprofit organizations that facilitate the empowerment of Black communities.

If Your Back's Not Bent

If Your Back's Not Bent
Author: Dorothy F. Cotton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2012
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0743296842

Director of the Citizenship Education Program, Dorothy Cotton, recounts the accomplishments of the program and her experiences in the civil rights movement.

Something in the Water

Something in the Water
Author: Michael W. Waters
Publisher: Chalice Press
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2021-01-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 082723550X

Pastor, award-winning author, and rising civil rights leader Michael W. Waters Stakes Is High, For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World ruminates on the sacred places and spaces he visited as part of a cross-country trek in 2019-2020 through America’s racial history. From reflections on the river’s edge where Emmett Till’s body was recovered and the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated and to more recent sites of racial violence like the Charleston church massacre and El Paso mass shooting, to the halls of government for Waters’ prayer before the U.S. House of Representatives and his convicting speech before the Dallas City Council to remove Confederate statues, Waters connects our racist past with the current sociological and political climate, offering challenges and hope. From poems and prayers to sermons and eulogies, from rally cries to commentaries, Something in the Water illuminates not just our present struggles, but also the hope and belief in a better day to come. Ultimately, Waters challenges us to consider our role, collectively and individually, in the troubled waters of racism, and what we are willing to do to create something better.

Three Lines in a Circle

Three Lines in a Circle
Author: Michael G. Long
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1646981960

One line straight down. One line to the right. One line to the left, then a circle. That was all—just three lines in a circle. This bold picture book tells the story of the peace symbol—designed in 1958 by a London activist protesting nuclear weapons—and how it inspired people all over the world. Depicting the symbol's travels from peace marches and liberation movements to the end of apartheid and the fall of the Berlin Wall, Three Lines in a Circle offers a message of inspiration to today's children and adults who are working to create social change. An author’s note provides historical background and a time line of late twentieth-century peace movements.

When Kids Ask Hard Questions Volume 2

When Kids Ask Hard Questions Volume 2
Author: Bromleigh McCleneghan
Publisher: Chalice Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0827243383

From the creators of When Kids Ask Hard Questions comes MORE questions – and thank goodness, responses! – on today’s tough topics. In an increasingly complex world, children deserve thoughtful responses informed by our progressive faith values. In this second volume for parents, teachers, and faith leaders, respected experts, pastors, and parents address more than two dozen tough topics, offering theological perspectives and suggestions for comforting and spiritually guiding children. Topics include: racism and white supremacy; vaping and illegal drugs; domestic abuse and family stigma; pornography and sexuality; mental illness and teen suicide; social media and isolation; and terminal illness and grief.

Road Trip USA

Road Trip USA
Author: Jamie Jensen
Publisher: Avalon Travel Pub
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2000
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9781566911900

Offers detailed descriptions of drives through California and the Southwest, with a flexible format allowing one to switch routes during a journey, and including information on where to eat and sleep, the best local radio stations, hundreds of roadside attractions, and more.

Of Personal Liberty

Of Personal Liberty
Author: Verl Engel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2017-07-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781508921332

Traffic citations are big business, providing billions of dollars annually to municipal corporations. Police are incentivized to unlawfully pull over and detain drivers, seize and search their belongings, and ask interrogating questions, all in the the hope of finding excuses to issue fine-generating infractions. Society has been conditioned to accept violations to their individual rights that in past generations wouldn't have been tolerated. The author reveals that traffic enforcement has become a nationwide racketeering scam. With a deft understanding of natural law and the Constitution, the author shows how police officers routinely ignore individuals' rights, while traffic courts actively disregard due process for the sake of revenue. The chilling reality is that the misapplication of motor vehicle codes is representative of a greater trend towards eliminating our rights in general. Our government is vitiating its people; the sovereign are being transformed into subjects. Its time for Americans to resist totalitarianism: whether at the capitol, in the courts, or on our highways. As one of "We the people," I humbly implore you to read this book and spend time comprehending its implications. As Thomas Jefferson said, "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, they expect what never was nor ever will be."