Publisher: Enslow Publishers

Copyright Date: 2018

Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 01/15/18

Pages: 48 pages

ISBN: 0-7660-9252-6

ISBN 13: 978-0-7660-9252-5

Dewey: 920

LCCN: 2017021663

Dimensions: 25 cm.

Subject Heading:
African Americans. Civil rights. Juvenile literature.
African American civil rights workers. Biography. Juvenile literature.
African American politicians. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements. United States. Juvenile literature.
African Americans. Civil rights.
African American civil rights workers.
African American politicians.
Civil rights movements.

Language: English

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reading Level: 6.0

Interest Level: 5-9

Guided Reading Level: Y

Through centuries of suffering, slavery, inequality, discrimination, segregation, and racist violence, African Americans have endured, resisted, fought, and, increasingly over time, won many battles. These victories were propelled by a groundswell of grassroots action, but they were also motivated and organized by courageous and inspirational leadership. Journalists, abolitionists, educators, religious leaders, politicians, judges, and even schoolchildren showed the world a better way forward and led the way down the very difficult road to greater equality, freedom, and civil rights. This collection profiles the leading lights in the struggle for freedom and equality, including MLK, Coretta Scott King, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. DuBois, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, and Ruby Bridges, among many others.