Activism

Young Ron McNair challenges segregated library rules in a story of courage, books, and civil rights.

This biography introduces Claudette Colvin and the youth activism behind a major civil-rights moment.

Audrey Faye Hendricks's determination to join the Birmingham Children's March turns a civil-rights chapter into a child-centered story of courage.

As Lillian climbs a hill to vote, the story traces generations of Black American struggle and progress around the ballot.

This biography shows how Isatou Ceesay helped transform plastic waste into community income and environmental change.

Grace launches a school election campaign and discovers how persuasion, fairness, and systems work together.

When a local problem needs fixing, Sofia learns how civic persistence can move grown-ups to action.

This picture-book biography recounts how Sylvia Mendez and her family helped end school segregation in California.

Children imagine how music, kindness, and collective action can make change in the world around them.

The true story of a Harlem school garden that became a source of food, pride, and neighborhood change.