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Title African American civil rights movement.

Publication Info. Chicago : World Book, [2011]
©2011

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA323.1 AF83    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Children's Department  J323.1196 AFR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 323.1196 DOCUMENTING    Check Shelf
Description 62 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Series World Book's documenting history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents What are civil rights? -- Slavery -- Civil War and emancipation -- Reconstruction -- Trouble in the South -- The era of Jim Crow -- Two African American leaders -- Conflict and action -- The campaign against lynching -- the Great Migration -- Black labor and the New Deal -- World War II and its aftermath -- The struggle for quality education -- The Montgomery bus boycott -- A new leader emerges -- The tactics of nonviolence -- Birmingham, 1963 -- The victims -- The march on Washington -- The Johnson presidency -- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- The Voting Rights Act -- New voices -- Black ghettos and urban riots -- The death of King -- Affirmative action -- New black leaders -- President Barack Obama -- Timeline -- Sources -- Additional resources -- Index.
Summary "A history of the African American civil rights movement, based on primary source documents and other historical artifacts. Features include period art works and photographs; excerpts from literary works, letters, speeches, broadcasts, and diaries; summary boxes; a timeline; maps; and a list of additional resources"--Provided by publisher.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 9.7 3.0 141910.
Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Race relations -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author World Book, Inc.
ISBN 9780716615002
0716615002
$21.93
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