Name: Freedom's Children
ISBN: 9780698118706

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Who It's For

Good for readers interested in young activists’ firsthand accounts of fighting segregation

Book Details

Authors: Ellen S. Levine
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: December 1, 2000
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Prejudice & Racism · JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Civil & Human Rights
Reading lane: Prejudice & Racism

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Cultural Heritage Biographies for Kids
20th Century U.S.
Prejudice & Racism

About This Book

In this inspiring collection of true stories, thirty African-Americans who were children or teenagers in the 1950s and 1960s talk about what it was like for them to fight segregation in the South-to sit in an all-white restaurant and demand to be served, to refuse to give up a seat at the front of the bus, to be among the first to integrate the public schools, and to face violence, arrest, and even death for the cause of freedom. "Thrilling...Nothing short of wonderful."- Th...

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In this inspiring collection of true stories, thirty African-Americans who were children or teenagers in the 1950s and 1960s talk about what it was like for them to fight segregation in the South-to sit in an all-white restaurant and demand to be served, to refuse to give up a seat at the front of the bus, to be among the first to integrate the public schools, and to face violence, arrest, and even death for the cause of freedom. "Thrilling...Nothing short of wonderful."- The New York Times Awards: ( A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year ( A Booklist Editors' Choice