The Books That Bring The Civil Rights Movement To Life : Code Switch : NPR

The Books That Bring The Civil Rights Movement To Life : Code Switch : NPR: If you've been browsing bookstores this summer, you'll probably notice there are, in some places, whole tables devoted to books about the civil rights movement. The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington has focused national attention on movement history and most everything related to it.

Here at NPR, we've been doing our bit with a series called , which looks at a number of pivotal moments in the evolution of the movement. In addition to broadcast stories and a lot of interesting work on the Web (blogs, commentary, even photographs), there's a wonderful selection of .

And then there are the books. This is a partial compilation of my personal list, and I'm re-reading some of them over the summer, for obvious reasons.