Civil Rights are Human Rights
Submitted by the Stony Run Library Committee
The Stony Run Library display for January features books about the civil rights of Black and Brown people in the 1960s and earlier. Today, the Truth is under attack and human rights are being knocked sideways. Join us in celebrating the Martin Luther King holiday on January 19, 2026 by checking out a book about the Truth and the peaceful fight for civil rights. In addition to the books featured in our display, you can search for call number 323 Civil Rights and 326 Quakers and Abolition on the shelves behind the juice table in the Library.
Learning about Civil Rights
There are books for children, tweens, teens, and adults on display in Stony Run's Library. Here are some titles.
Martin Luther King, Jr: a compilation of interviews with MLK on many topics. He addresses the fear of white people regarding integration, e.g. mixed-race marriage, education, and jobs. His advice in Ebony Magazine is especially interesting. See if you agree with him.
Sit-In (words by Andrea D Pinkney and Illustrations by Brian Pinkney): This is a good book for children. It explains the beginning of the Civil Rights movement with the sit-ins at lunch counters.
Speak Up/Responding to Everyday Bigotry (by the Southern Poverty Law Center): This report calls on everyone to take a stand against every day bigotry. Gives ideas of what to say to friends, at work, in public, to family members, and more. There are lots of good suggestions for response to bigotry in many every day settings.
Powerful Days -The Civil Rights Photography (Photos of Charles Moore with text by Andrew Young): This book captures the events of the 1960s in vivid photography.
Slavery in the Meetinghouse 1820-1865 (by Ryan Jordan): This book provides a history of the struggles among Quaker meetings to end enslavement among Friends.