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Audiobook

Rise up! : powerful protests in American history

Call Number

  • J READ ALONG 303.484 KATZ (POW)

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Edition

VOX edition.

Performers

Read by CJ Critt.

Publication Information

[Fairfax, Virginia] : [Library Ideas, LLC], 2025.

Physical Description

1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Audience

Grades 1 - 3.

Summary

In rhyming text, briefly describes twenty-five moments of protest in United States history.

Notes

"Vox Books, books that talk"--Cover.

This audio-enabled VOX Book has an audio reader with complete narration permanently attached inside the front cover. This unique new book format delivers a complete audio narration directly from the printed book. Simply open the book, push the PLAY button and listen from beginning to end.

VOX Audio playback device includes headphone jack, external speaker, play/pause button, volume controls, page-turning controls, rechargeable battery, low battery indicator, and removable AC adapter.

The permanently attached VOX Reader transforms an ordinary print book into an all-in-one-read-along. There's no need for computers, tablets or CDs. Children simply push a button to listen and read.

Illustrations rendered in gouache.

Contents

  • We take action! Boston Tea Party
  • We sing out! Marian Anderson's Lincoln Memorial concert
  • We write books! Silent Spring and The Jungle
  • We make art! Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Nast, sanitation workers' strike, Dorothea Lange, Lewis Hine, The Silent Sentinels, Keith Haring, Voting age protests
  • Sometimes we start a movement... Seneca Falls Convention
  • ...And sometimes we continue the work. Dakota Access Pipeline protests
  • We make laws! Brom and Bett v. Ashley; United States v. Wong Kim Ark; Loving v. Virginia; Obergefell v. Hodges
  • Sometimes we protest peacefully...Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins
  • ...But not always. Robert Smalls's escape
  • Sometimes we protest by showing up... The Capitol Crawl and first Pride parades
  • ...And sometimes we protest by going away. uprising of the 20,000 and Delano grape strike
  • Sometimes we protest together... un-dam the Klamath
  • ...And sometimes a revolution is lonely. Ruby Bridges's school walk
  • Timeline of events
  • Map of events
  • Learn more about the events.

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