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What is the civil rights movement?

Smith, Sherri L. (author.). Foley, Tim, 1962- (illustrator.).

Summary: "Even though slavery had ended in the 1860s, African Americans were still suffering under the weight of segregation a hundred years later. They couldn't go to the same schools, eat at the same restaurants, or even use the same bathrooms as white people. But by the 1950s, black people refused to remain second-class citizens and were willing to risk their lives to make a change"--

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  • ISBN: 1524792306 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 9781524792305 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 1524792314 (library binding)
  • ISBN: 9781524792312 (library binding)
  • Physical Description: 108 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Workshop, [2020]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 108).
Formatted Contents Note: What is the civil rights movement? -- A troubled past -- The long walk to school -- Montgomery bus boycott -- The lunch counter sit-ins -- Freedom riders -- The children's crusade -- The march on Washington -- Freedom summer -- Selma to Montgomery -- Changing times -- Timelines.
Target Audience Note:
840L Lexile
Ages: 8-12 Penguin Workshop.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.7 1 1 511250

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