A dream of freedom : the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968

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Label

A dream of freedom : the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968

Title remainder

the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968

Statement of responsibility

Diane McWhorter ; foreword by Fred Shuttlesworth

Creator

• trueMcWhorter, Diane
• McWhorter, Diane

Contributor

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Subject

• trueChildren -- United States
• Civil right movements -- 20th century -- United States -- Juvenile literature
• Civil rights movements
• trueSegregation in education
• 1900-1999
• African movements -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th Century
• trueViolence against African-Americans
• trueRacism
• History
• African Americans -- Civil rights
• Race relations
• trueRace relations
• trueUnited States -- Race relations | History
• Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• United States
• United States -- Race relations | History -- Juvenile literature
• trueHistory books -- African Americans | Civil Rights Movement
• trueSegregation
• trueChildren and racism
• Civil rights movements
• Juvenile materials
• African Americans -- Civil rights
• trueAfrican Americans -- History -- 1877-1964
• trueAfrican American children
• trueUnited States -- History -- 20th century
• trueCivil rights
• trueCivil rights movement
• Juvenile works
• trueAfrican Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century
• trueNarrative nonfiction for kids and teens
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• Race relations
• true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• trueHistory books
• Juvenile works
• Juvenile materials
• trueNarrative nonfiction for kids and teens
• trueHistory

Language

eng

Summary

In this history of the modern Civil Rights movement, the author focuses on the monumental events that occurred between 1954 (the year of Brown v. the Board of Education) and 1968 (the year that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated). Beginning with an overview of the movement since the end of the Civil War, McWhorter also discusses such events as the 1956 MTGS bus boycott, the 1961 Freedom Rides, and the 1963 demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama, among others. The author uses interviews she conducted personally with ..

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2005
• New York Times Notable Children's Book, 2004
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2004
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2005
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2004.

Awards note

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2005

Cataloging source

VVW

Dewey number

323.1196/0730904

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

E185.61

LC item number

.M4795 2004

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

1220

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 9

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

pre adolescent