If you lived at the time of Martin Luther King

Author

Ellen Levine

Call Number

• J 323.1196 LEVI (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Scholastic, 1994 (2006 printing)

Physical Description

80 p. : col. ill., music ; 19 x 23 cm.

Notes

Includes text and score for "We Shall Overcome" by Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan and Pete Seeger.

Contents

• What was segregation?
• Did black and white children go to different schools?
• Did black and white children play together?
• What else was segregated?
• What did the government say about segregation?
• What happened in 1954?
• What did segregationists think about the Supreme Court decision?
• Was segregation the same in the north and the south?
• When did the civil rights movement begin?
• How did the Montgomery bus boycott start?
• How did people get to work or school?
• What did the city officials and white people of Montgomery do about the boycott?
• Does the protest like the bus boycott have a special name?
• What were the sit-ins?
• Were there other protests?
• What were the freedom rides?
• Why did some protesters believe it was important to go to jail?
• Were children involved in civil rights protests?
• Were there special protest songs?
• What did segregationists say about the civil rights movement?
• What was the march on Washington?
• What was "freedom summer"?
• Did everyone agree with Martin Luther King?
• Why did Martin Luther King think voting was so important?
• Did the U.S. government help the civil rights movement?
• Did Martin Luther King fight only for civil rights?
• Was the civil rights movement successful?
• Did the civil rights movement end when Martin Luther King was killed?
• What's left to be done?
• Important dates in the civil rights movement in the time of Martin Luther King
• Places to visit
• Song "We shall overcome".