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Author Sirimarco, Elizabeth, 1966-

Title The civil rights movement / Elizabeth Sirimarco.

Publication Info. New York : Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish, [2005]
©2005

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 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA323.11 SI78    Check Shelf
Description xxi, 135 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Series American voices from--
American voices from--
Summary Presents the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, from Reconstruction to the late 1960s, through excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, speeches, songs, and poems of the time.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-131) and index.
Contents Introduction: Citizen's rights -- Roots of a movement -- Early activists take a stand -- Breaking barriers: Road to change -- Modern movement begins -- Power of peaceful protest -- In the face of violence -- We shall overcome -- Epilogue: Legacy of a movement -- Time line -- Glossary -- To find out more -- Index.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 8.7 4.0 87108.
Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Race relations -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources.
Civil rights movements -- Sources.
Race relations -- Sources.
ISBN 0761416978
Standard No. 9780761416975
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