The civil rights movement / by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich.
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- ISBN: 9780531226889
- Physical Description: 144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2018.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The roots of the civil rights movement -- A system separate and unequal: Jim Crow -- Color lines on the front lines: desegregation after World War II -- First class citizen in the major leagues: Jackie Robinson -- The civil rights movement begins -- Faced with hate on the first day of school: the Little Rock Nine -- Resistance in the south -- Claudette Colvin: a teenager ready to fight -- Trained and tired of giving in: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott -- The life and work of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Sitting in to stand up: the Greensboro Four -- Ruby Bridges: a first grader makes history -- On board for justice: the freedom riders -- Focus on Birmingham -- Black and white: visual artists of the movement -- Moving toward a dream: the March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom -- The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing -- Murder and mayhem in Mississippi: the Summer Project of 1964 -- Legislating civil rights -- Crossing the bridge to justice: the Selma to Montgomery marches -- Singing truth to power: music of the movement -- Addressing "the American problem": Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- Say it loud: the Black Power Movement -- No future without unity: pan-Africanism -- No peace without freedom: Malcolm X -- Disinformation and destruction -- A dream deferred: literary figures of the movement -- Young, gifted, and black: entertainers in the civil rights movement -- Not just black and white -- How far have we come? civil rights today. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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East Grand Forks Campbell Library | J NF GOVERN -Action -Movements RHUDAY-PERKOVICH 2018 (Text) | 513378 | Junior Nonfiction | Available | - |