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The Resource A dream of freedom : the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968, Diane McWhorter ; foreword by Fred Shuttlesworth

A dream of freedom : the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968, Diane McWhorter ; foreword by Fred Shuttlesworth

Label
A dream of freedom : the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968
Title
A dream of freedom
Title remainder
the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968
Statement of responsibility
Diane McWhorter ; foreword by Fred Shuttlesworth
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • In this history of the modern Civil Rights movement, the author focuses on the monumental events that occurred between 1954 (the year of Brown v. the Board of Education) and 1968 (the year that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated
  • Explores the sacrifices and triumphs of African Americans in their pursuit of social and political equality, and examines the often violent resistance they met from white Americans
Award
  • ALA Notable Children's Book, 2005
  • Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2004
  • New York Times Notable Children's Book, 2004
  • School Library Journal Best Books, 2004.
  • YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2005
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130895
Cataloging source
MvI
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
McWhorter, Diane
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Intended audience
1220
Intended audience source
Lexile
Interest level
  • MG
  • 6-8
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
  • 5
  • 9
Nature of contents
bibliography
Reading level
  • 9.1
  • 10.
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
Study program name
  • Accelerated Reader AR
  • Reading Counts RC
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights movements
  • African Americans
  • United States
Target audience
pre adolescent
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968
Label
A dream of freedom : the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968, Diane McWhorter ; foreword by Fred Shuttlesworth
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Dimensions
25 x 28 cm.
Extent
160 pages
Isbn
9780439576789
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)55998388
  • (OCoLC)ocm55998388
  • 4193-51560
Label
A dream of freedom : the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968, Diane McWhorter ; foreword by Fred Shuttlesworth
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Dimensions
25 x 28 cm.
Extent
160 pages
Isbn
9780439576789
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)55998388
  • (OCoLC)ocm55998388
  • 4193-51560

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