The Resource What is the civil rights movement?, by Sherri L. Smith ; illustrated by Tim Foley

What is the civil rights movement?, by Sherri L. Smith ; illustrated by Tim Foley

Label
What is the civil rights movement?
Title
What is the civil rights movement?
Statement of responsibility
by Sherri L. Smith ; illustrated by Tim Foley
Creator
Contributor
Author
Illustrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Even though slavery had ended in the 1860s, African Americans were still suffering under the weight of segregation a hundred years later. They couldn't go to the same schools, eat at the same restaurants, or even use the same bathrooms as white people. But by the 1950s, black people refused to remain second-class citizens and were willing to risk their lives to make a change"--
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Cataloging source
LBSOR/DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Smith, Sherri L
Dewey number
323.1196/073
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
  • Ages: 8-12
  • 840
Intended audience source
  • Penguin Workshop
  • Lexile
LC call number
E185.61
LC item number
.S6555 2020
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1962-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Foley, Tim
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Civil rights movements
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights movements
  • African Americans
  • United States
Target audience
pre adolescent
Label
What is the civil rights movement?, by Sherri L. Smith ; illustrated by Tim Foley
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page 108)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
What is the civil rights movement? -- A troubled past -- The long walk to school -- Montgomery bus boycott -- The lunch counter sit-ins -- Freedom riders -- The children's crusade -- The march on Washington -- Freedom summer -- Selma to Montgomery -- Changing times -- Timelines
Control code
on1148213006
Dimensions
20 cm.
Extent
108 pages
Isbn
9781524792312
Lccn
2020033618
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
What is the civil rights movement?, by Sherri L. Smith ; illustrated by Tim Foley
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page 108)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
What is the civil rights movement? -- A troubled past -- The long walk to school -- Montgomery bus boycott -- The lunch counter sit-ins -- Freedom riders -- The children's crusade -- The march on Washington -- Freedom summer -- Selma to Montgomery -- Changing times -- Timelines
Control code
on1148213006
Dimensions
20 cm.
Extent
108 pages
Isbn
9781524792312
Lccn
2020033618
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations

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