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Rosen Publishing Group

Just the Series: We Shall Overcome

Annotation: Examines the Freedom Riders movement of the early 1960s, in which civil rights advocates risked violent attack by riding public buses into the South, in an attempt to make the federal government enforce anti-segregation laws.

Genre: [Biographies]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #5556187

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group

Edition Date: 2014 Release Date: 01/01/14

Pages: 32 pages

ISBN: 1-477-76062-8

ISBN 13: 978-1-477-76062-8

Dewey: 920

LCCN: 2013024408

Dimensions: 26 cm.

Subject Heading:
African American civil rights workers. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers. United States. Biography. Juvenile literature.
African Americans. Civil rights. Southern States. History. 20th century. Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements. Southern States. History. 20th century. Juvenile literature.
African American civil rights workers.
Civil rights workers.
African Americans. Civil rights. Southern States. History. 20th century.
Civil rights movements. Southern States. History. 20th century.
Southern States. Race relations. Juvenile literature.
Southern States. Race relations.

Language: English

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Reading Level: 4.0

Interest Level: 3-6

In 1961, a group known as the Freedom Riders organized a trip that spanned several southern states in order to test new desegregation laws. The backlash they faced was incredible and included facing violent mobs and enduring brutal beatings. Learn about the terror, the bravery, and, ultimately, the triumph that changed history.

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