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Book

Raise your voice : 12 protests that shaped America

Call Number

  • 303.484 K667 TEEN (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.

Physical Description

216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Audience

Grades: 4-6 Philomel Books.

Summary

"A recounting of protests throughout American history that have shaped our nation"--

Contents

  • The Boston Tea Party, 1773
  • The Seneca Falls Convention, 1848
  • The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire and the fight for workers' rights, 1911
  • The Montgomery bus boycott, 1955-1956
  • The March on Washington, 1963
  • The Democratic Convention, 1968
  • The Stonewall Uprising, 1969
  • Earth Day, 1970
  • The march against nuclear weapons, 1982
  • ACT UP, 1987
  • The Women's March, 2017
  • Dakota Access uprising, 2016-2017.

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