Civilrightsmovement Stories

All Ariel's life she was taught that blacks and whites are not the same that whites were better than blacks. Ariel never paid to much attention to the way things were be...

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...

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...

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...

It's the year 1968 in Chesterfield, Arizona. Chesterfield is a quiet, upscale suburb with a small population of 30 000. In Chesterfield, people know each other, but wher...

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...

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...

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

Any shorts or snippets pertaining to my 1960s story concept set in a small farming town in Kansas called Gibson. This story is a continuation following the events of Th...

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...

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...

What is love? Does love only work when the same skin color loves another? Historical Fiction Novel about an aspiring white woman named Kathrine who seems to get herself...

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...

Two teens struggling during the Civil Rights Movement days. They are assigned by an old man to kill certain members of the KKK. In doing this comes with questions, will...

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...

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...

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