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Freedom walkers : the story of the Montgomery bus boycott
A riveting account of the civil rights boycott that changed history by the foremost author of history for young people. Now a classic, Freedman’s book tells the dramatic stories of the heroes who stood up against segregation and Jim Crow laws in 1950s Alabama. A master of succinct historical narratives, Freeman explains the contributions of and sacrifices made by Rosa Parks and Claudette …
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- 9780545034449
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- 114 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- 920 FRE
..If you lived at the time of Martin Luther King
If you lived at the time of Martin Luther King --When did the civil rights movement begin? --Were children involved in civil rights protests? --What was the March on Washington? This book tells you what it was like during the exciting era when Martin Luther King led the fight against segregation.
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- 9780590425827
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- 80 pages : illustration ; 18 cm
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- 323 LEV
Dare to dream : Coretta Scott King and the civil rights movement
From her childhood encounters with discrimination to her activism as an adult, Coretta Scott King dreamed of finding a place where people were treated equally. This compelling biography tells how she joined her husband, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. to lead protest marches and stand up to prejudice and violence.
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- 9780439168410
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- 60 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- 923 KIN
Leon's story
I remember that as a young boy I used to look in the mirror and I would curse my color, my blackness. But in those days they didn't call you "black." They didnt say "minority." They called us "colored" or "nigger." Leon Tillage grew up the son of a sharecropper in a small town in North Carolina. Told in vignettes, this is his story about walking four miles to the school for black children, a…
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- 0439283191
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- 107 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- 920 TIL
I have a dream
Experience history with this picture book of Martin Luther King's iconic speech, with an audio CD included. This Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book will inspire young readers. From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s daughter, Dr. Bernice A. King: “My father’s dream continues to live on from generation to generation, and this beautiful and powerful illustrated edition of his world-chang…
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- 9780375858871
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- 323.092 KIN
The girl from the tar paper school : Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the…
Before the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr. and his March on Washington, there was Barbara Rose Johns, a teenager who used nonviolent civil disobedience to draw attention to her cause. In 1951, witnessing the unfair conditions in her racially segregated high school, Barbara Johns led a walkout—the first public protest of its kind demanding racial equality in …
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- 9781419707964
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- 56 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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- 323 KAN
Knowing your civil rights
Explains the history and importance of civil rights.
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- 9781415556207
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
- Series Title
- A True Book
- Call Number
- 342.73 DIT
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