Topical reading: Biographies of early 20th century civil rights pioneers

Quotes from and references to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s are abundant right now across social media — and understandably so.

Jill Watts wants to make sure credit is given where credit is due, and so she has rounded up biographies of the figures who paved the way for such heroes as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. 

Meet the pioneers who came before them in a reading list at Literary Hub.