"First published in Oxford Bookworms, 2008"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
The man from Alabama -- Growing up in the South -- Slaverty and the South -- War in America, and after -- Learning -- The Montgomery bus boycott -- Big trouble in Little Rock -- A new start? -- From Birmingham to Washington -- 'This country is sick!' -- 'I'm Black and I'm proud!' -- 'Black and white, unite and fight!' -- Death in Memphis -- Still dreaming.
Summary:
The U.S. in the 1950s and 60s was a troubled place. Black people were angry, because they did not have the same rights as whites. It was a time of angry words, of marches, of protests, a time of bombs and killings. But above the angry noise came the voice of one man - a man of peace.
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