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Twelve days in May : Freedom Ride, 1961

Brimner, Larry Dane, author

2017

Overview

For twelve history-making days in May 1961, thirteen black and white civil rights activists, also known as the Freedom Riders, traveled by bus into the South to draw attention to the unconstitutional segregation still taking place. Despite their peaceful protests, the Freedom Riders were met with increasing violence the further south they traveled.

• Publisher: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
• Subject: African American civil rights workers Juvenile literature. / Civil rights workers United States Juvenile literature. / African Americans Civil rights Southern States History 20th century Juvenile literature. / Civil rights demonstrations Southern States History 20th century Juvenile literature. / Civil rights movements Southern States History 20th century Juvenile literature. / Freedom Rides, 1961 Juvenile literature. / African American civil rights workers. / Civil rights workers. / African Americans Civil rights. / Civil rights demonstrations. / Civil rights movements. / Freedom Rides, 1961. / Southern States Race relations Juvenile literature. / Southern States Race relations.
• ISBN: 9781629795867, 1629795860

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
E185.96.B75 2017	1	CHILDBOOK	CHILDREN