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Author:

McWhorter, Diane.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Scholastic Nonfiction,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 x 28 cm.

Subject:

Race relations.
African Americans--Civil rights.
African Americans--History--1877-1964--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements.
Civil rights movements.--United States--Juvenile literature.--20th century--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--History--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

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

Summary:

Explores the sacrifices and triumphs of African Americans in their pursuit of social and political equality, and examines the often violent resistance they met from white Americans.

Indexed by:

NYT Bk 12/05/2004.
BCCB Recommended.
Kirkus 10/01/2004.
PW 11/22/2004.
SLJ Dec 2004.
Bklst 11/15/2004.

ISBN:

0439576784
9780439576789

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