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Perspectives on the civil rights movement / by Heidi Deal.

Deal, Heidi, 1979- (author.).

Summary:

"Offers 12 different views on the fight for racial equality. Each page explores what happened during the Civil Rights Movement and how it affected different people, and includes interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and historical images."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781632353986 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781632354709 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: 32 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Mankato, MN : 12 Story Library, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Fact sheet -- NAACP protects black rights -- Little Rock Nine integrate Central High School -- SNCC commits to nonviolence to gain rights -- Freedom riders test integration of buses -- White citizen's councils fight to keep segregation -- Montgomery Improvement Association leads bus boycotts -- Southern Christian Leadership Conference works to end segregation -- Birmingham Police enforce segregation -- Nation of Islam wants separate society -- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party stand up for voting rights -- Black Panther Party and Black Power movement call for self defense -- Lyndon B. Johnson aims to create a Great Society.
Target Audience Note:	830L Lexile Grades 4-6.