Bibliograph

Voices of the civil rights movement, Lori Mortensen

Type

Label

Voices of the civil rights movement, Lori Mortensen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Voices of the civil rights movement

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

881824227

Responsibility statement

Lori Mortensen

Series statement

Fact finders. We shall overcome

Summary

"The Civil Rights Movement brought about major changes in the United States, including the legal end of segregation between African-Americans and white Americans. Explore the points of view of the activists who fought for change and the people who opposed them through powerful primary sources and historical photos"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Separate and not equal, Jim Crow laws -- Documents of freedom, Thurgood Marshall -- Tired of giving in, Rosa Parks -- They can walk, police commissioner Clyde Sellers -- Father of the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King, Jr -- Not as long as I am governor, Orval Faubus -- Hate can destroy you, Daisy Bates -- If not us, then who, John Lewis and Jim Zwerg -- Segregation forever, Governor George Wallace -- By any means necessary, Malcolm X -- We are the ones we have been waiting for, Barack Obama

Target audience

juvenile

Classification