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Author:

Foy, Debbie.

Title:

Civil-rights activists / by Debbie Foy.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

PowerKids Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

24 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Subject:

African American civil rights workers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--History--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Human rights workers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 23) and index.

Contents:

What is a campaigner? -- Sojourner Truth -- Harriet Tubman -- Mary Seacole -- Frederick Douglass -- Marcus Garvey -- Rosa Lee Parks -- Malcolm X -- Martin Luther King -- Desmond Tutu -- Oprah Winfrey -- Timeline -- Mini-biographies.

Summary:

Briefly surveys the history of people of African origin who worked against racism and injustice and profiles notable figures from Sojourner Truth to the present, including Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, and Martin Luther King Jr.

Series:

Black history makers

ISBN:

1448870542 (pbk.)
9781448870547 (pbk.)
1448866383 (library binding)
9781448866380 (library binding)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)741937735

LCCN:

2011029076

Locations:

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

GCPC771 -- Mitchellville Public Library (Mitchellville)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)