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The civil rights movement

Call Number

  • J 323.1196 OLLH (CEN)

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Publication Information

Edina, Minn. : ABDO Pub., c2011.

Physical Description

32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Summary

Discusses important events during the fight for human and civil rights. Short biographies of civil rights leaders, authors, artists, and other powerful African Americans are included.

Notes

Includes index.

"ABDO & Daughters"--P. [4] of cover.

Contents

  • The civil rights movement
  • Segregation in the schools
  • A murder that rocked the nation
  • The rise of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • The bus to civil rights
  • Nonviolent protests
  • Birmingham, Alabama
  • The march on Washington
  • Breaking down the walls of racism.

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