Call Me Miss Hamilton
One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect

Mary Hamilton is one of the lesser known important people of the Civil Rights movement. I like these type of books that highlight these people for younger, as well as older readers.......more

This excellent addition to civil rights books is about a lesser known activist named Mary Hamilton. Book focuses on the Supreme Court case where it was ruled that African Americans must be deemed the same respect as whites while in court, and be addressed properly. (Miss Hamilton, not Mary) Actual p......more

Call Me Miss Hamilton is the true story of Miss Mary Hamilton, a civil rights activist who fought for African Americans to be treated with respect when they were in a courtroom. Miss Hamilton was a teacher who joined the Congress of Racial Equality. She went on Freedom Rides to make sure that there......more

Call Me Miss Hamilton is a children’s book about one of the lesser-known activists of the Civil Rights Movement, Mary Hamilton. A Freedom Rider, Miss Hamilton was arrested multiple times. In one Alabama court, the judge insisted on calling her by her first name, but she refused to answer unless she......more

Glorious illustrations truly magnify and highlight the important historic events in the life of Mary Hamilton, free fighter and civil rights activist, whose case was taken all the way to the Supreme Court (where she won). Mary had refused to answer a judge in court until he respectfully called her b......more