A dream of freedom : the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968 Diane McWhorter ; foreword by Fred Shuttlesworth

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McWhorter, Diane.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.

United States--Race relations--History--Juvenile literature.

Genre:

Literature.

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Scholastic, ©2004.

Summary:

In this history of the modern Civil Rights movement, the author focuses on the monumental events that occurred between 1954 (the year of Brown v. the Board of Education) and 1968 (the year that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated). Beginning with an overview of the movement since the end of the Civil War, McWhorter also discusses such events as the 1956 MTGS bus boycott, the 1961 Freedom Rides, and the 1963 demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama, among others. The author uses interviews she conducted personally with ...

Contents:

Brown v. the Board of Education

Emmett Till

The Montgomery bus boycott

Little Rock

The sit-ins

The Freedom Rides

The Albany Movement

Ole Miss

Birmingham

Stand in the schoolhouse door

The Second Emancipation proclamation

The March on Washington

The Birmingham church bombing

The beloved community

Mississippi Freedom Summer

Selma

Malcolm X

Watts

Black Power and the Meredith March

Chicago

The Black Panthers

Memphis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158) and index.

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2005

Local Notes:

Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complimentary Collection.

ISBN:

0439576784

9780439576789

141556471X

9781415564714

OCLC:

55998388

Publisher Number:

9780439576789 51995