This book begins with background of Civil Rights for African-Americans , from the end of the Civil War to the events leading up to Brown v. Board of Education. The discovery of the events of the Holocaust forced the United States to confront the racism within our own borders.  It discusses the division within the Supreme Court before the decision and the resistance of many states to implement it, as well as the progress made in the Civil Rights movement and what is still needed. At the end of the book, there is a list of important individuals, a timeline and additional resources, including a link to related primary source documents.

While the primary source material could be useful to upper grades, this book is definitely intended for grades 4-6.