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"During the 1950s and '60s, African-Americans campaigned for an end to racial discrimination through a series of non-violent protests and marches. The Civil Rights Movement culminated with the passage of federal laws banning discrimination in voting, employment, housing and other sectors of American society."

"The story of the Freedom Riders offers students a window into the Civil Rights Movement that allows them to identify more closely with the sacrifice and courage that was needed to secure civil rights for all Americans."

"The Trumbull writer earned lots of praise and won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for his 2009 novel, "The Postcard" -- a warm and nostalgic mystery powered by old postcards -- but his latest book, "Lunch-Box Dream" (Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux, $16.99), is a semi-autobiographical story about race relations in 1959."

"This activity can be used as an introduction to the March on Washington during a unit on Civil Rights. It could also be used to illustrate First Amendment rights according to the United States Constitution. For grades 5-12."

"On March 21, 1965, 3,200 civil rights demonstrators began a march from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery to protest discriminatory voting laws. The march came to weeks after "Bloody Sunday," when peaceful marchers in Selma were attacked by state and local police."