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Twelve days in May : Freedom Ride 1961
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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 unconstitution...
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.
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- Creator
- Larry Dane Brimner
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2017]
- ©2017
- Physical Details
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- 111 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 1629795860, 9781629795867, 9781629799179, 1629799173
- OCLC
- ocn978650548
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-100) and index.
Subjects
- Freedom Rides, 1961 -- Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
- Southern States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Children's Subject Heading
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Children's Subject Heading
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Children's Subject Heading
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Children's Subject Heading