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Author:

Fradin, Dennis B.

Title:

Fight on! : Mary Church Terrell's battle for integration / Dennis Brindell Fradin & Judith Bloom Fradin.

Publisher:

Clarion Books,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

181 p. : ill. 26 cm.

Subject:

Terrell, Mary Church,--1863-1954--Juvenile literature.
African American women civil rights workers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--History--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Washington (D.C.)--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
Washington (D.C.)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women--Juvenile biography.

Other Authors:

Fradin, Judith Bloom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p.173,174) and index.

Contents:

Mary Church Terrell's family tree -- Who was Mary Church Terrell? -- A bowl of soup -- Bob Church's daughter -- "Hold high the banner of my race" -- "I am a colored girl" -- "The welfare of my race" -- Mr. Terrell "goes to Church" -- "Lifting as we climb" -- "I have done so little" -- A "meddler" -- "I intend never to grow old" -- "Your indomitable spirit" -- "Fight on" -- "Your long and valiant struggle" -- Afterword: "Those who will follow after you."

Summary:

Profiles the first black Washington, D.C. Board of Education member, who helped to found the NAACP and organized pickets and boycotts that led to the 1953 Supreme Court decision to integrate D.C. area restaurants.

ISBN:

9780618133499 : HRD
0618133496 : HRD

LCCN:

2002151356

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

54SX745 -- Emmetsburg High School (Emmetsburg)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

DUPB413 -- Kanawha Public Library (Kanawha)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)