Civilrightsmovement Stories

African-American Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the bus to a white man led to her arrest and then a boycott of the buses. The Black Montgomery Bus Boycott la...

Tomas continued to look back at the door as he stormed down the sidewalk of his home, his suitcase clacking against the pavement. There were no words to describe how he...

The winters were cold, the war was cold, and the people were cold. But they kept each other warm. The story of Alabama-born baby boomers Luke Hemmings and Ethel Whitfiel...

Delilah has a lot on her mind. No good drunk of a father still in the house and submissive mother in the hospital, her only oasis is her dance class at school. With he...

Adeline Berry has to face her way through the 60's hiding her love from the public. Her love being her wife Ada Parker, a white home wife from the 60's. A mixed race lov...

1963. A year full of misery for the oppressed and segregated blacks. This short story follows one man as he takes part in one of the most symbolic events in all of Ameri...

This essay was assigned to me as extra credit from my Junior Year US History teacher, who asked me to reflect on a visit to the historical building Woolworth, in downto...

The life of Carolyn Bryant and what led up to her lies and the cause of Emmett Till's death.

Magnolia Dewey is a 67 year old writer, artist and social justice activist known for her work done during the Civil Rights days. But once she was a little girl moving to...

Hello wonderful readers! This is my first story up on this site and i hope you enjoy it!This is an AU during the 1950s civil rights era. Alfred F. Jones, southern gentl...

Luna Thermopolis embarks on a journey to Washington D.C. to investigate the March on Washington, an action which her mother prohibits.

"James Reeb became nationally known as a rightful martyr to the Civil Rights Movement when he made the ultimate sacrifice answering Dr Martin Luther King Jr. 's cal...

The Time of Sparks, Set in a universe stuck in the early 50's and yet has modern technology. High school senior Owen Mitchell is over his divided mess of a town Damesbur...

Set during the time of school integration in the U.S. after abolishing the 'separate but equal' laws, this story is of two young girls who befriend one another despite t...

Two men out of their era are brought together by fate, one a hotel worker and the other one a politician and activist. They’re destined to love, but their love brings d...

At the whim of a tragedy, two brothers confront issues that plague their relationship and their community. They debate the state of black voices being heard and whether...

This is the script for a project im doing in my ELA class for the civil rights movement. I'm doing it on Loving v Virginia and I have to do an art piece to go along with...

I experimented with a horrific scene and used a mundane description.

Karen Hawk is a twelve year old girl growing up in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. Her father is racist. Her mother is not. What will happen when she witnesses Rosa Parks r...