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Freedom Summer for young people : the violent season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy, Bruce Watson ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff

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"In the summer of 1964, as the Civil Rights movement boiled over, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent more than seven hundred college students to Mississippi to help black Americans already battling for democracy, their dignity and the right to vote. The campaign was called "Freedom Summer." But on the evening after volunteers arrived, three young civil rights workers went missing, presumed victims of the Ku Klux Klan. The disappearance focused America's attention on Mississippi. In the days and weeks that followed, volunteers and local black activists faced intimidation, threats, and violence from white people who didn't believe African Americans should have the right to vote. As the summer unfolded, volunteers were arrested or beaten. Black churches were burned. More Americans came to Mississippi, including doctors, clergymen, and Martin Luther King. A few frightened volunteers went home, but the rest stayed on in Mississippi, teaching in Freedom Schools, registering voters, and living with black people as equals. Freedom Summer brought out the best and the worst in America. The story told within these pages is of everyday people fighting for freedom, a fight that continues today."--
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
Teen edition
Extent
v, 442 pages
Note
  • "A Triangle Square book for young readers."
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-426) and index
  • Adaptation of: Freedom summer / by Bruce Watson. New York, N.Y. : Viking, ©2010
Contents
  • Before: Mississippi at a crossroads
  • A risky bus ride
  • The past is "not even past"
  • Freedom Street
  • Battleground for America
  • "It is sure enough changing"
  • The sickness and the scars
  • July 16: Another so-called "Freedom Day"
  • "Walk together, children"
  • A blot on the country
  • The flowering of Freedom Summer
  • "The stuff democracy is made of"
  • Beauty for ashes
  • After: ordinary people made a difference
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9781644210093
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Freedom Summer for young people : the violent season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy
Title
Freedom Summer for young people
Title remainder
the violent season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy
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Bruce Watson ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
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Violent season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy
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Language
eng
Summary
"In the summer of 1964, as the Civil Rights movement boiled over, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent more than seven hundred college students to Mississippi to help black Americans already battling for democracy, their dignity and the right to vote. The campaign was called "Freedom Summer." But on the evening after volunteers arrived, three young civil rights workers went missing, presumed victims of the Ku Klux Klan. The disappearance focused America's attention on Mississippi. In the days and weeks that followed, volunteers and local black activists faced intimidation, threats, and violence from white people who didn't believe African Americans should have the right to vote. As the summer unfolded, volunteers were arrested or beaten. Black churches were burned. More Americans came to Mississippi, including doctors, clergymen, and Martin Luther King. A few frightened volunteers went home, but the rest stayed on in Mississippi, teaching in Freedom Schools, registering voters, and living with black people as equals. Freedom Summer brought out the best and the worst in America. The story told within these pages is of everyday people fighting for freedom, a fight that continues today."--
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10922112
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1953-
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Watson, Bruce
Dewey number
323.1196/0730904
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • photographs
Index
index present
Intended audience
Grades 7-9
Intended audience source
Seven Stories Press
LC call number
E185.93.M6
LC item number
W28 2020
Literary form
non fiction
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  • 7
  • 9
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  • 1951-
  • 1953-
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  • Stefoff, Rebecca
  • Watson, Bruce
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  • Mississippi Freedom Project
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
  • Mississippi Freedom Project
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights movements
  • Civil rights workers
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights movements
  • Civil rights workers
  • Mississippi
  • Mississippi
Target audience
adolescent
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the savage season of 1964 that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy
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Freedom Summer for young people : the violent season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy, Bruce Watson ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
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Note
  • "A Triangle Square book for young readers."
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-426) and index
  • Adaptation of: Freedom summer / by Bruce Watson. New York, N.Y. : Viking, ©2010
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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  • still image
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  • rdacontent
Contents
Before: Mississippi at a crossroads -- A risky bus ride -- The past is "not even past" -- Freedom Street -- Battleground for America -- "It is sure enough changing" -- The sickness and the scars -- July 16: Another so-called "Freedom Day" -- "Walk together, children" -- A blot on the country -- The flowering of Freedom Summer -- "The stuff democracy is made of" -- Beauty for ashes -- After: ordinary people made a difference
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
Teen edition
Extent
v, 442 pages
Isbn
9781644210093
Lccn
2020032394
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, photographs
System control number
(OCoLC)on1132236187
Label
Freedom Summer for young people : the violent season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy, Bruce Watson ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "A Triangle Square book for young readers."
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-426) and index
  • Adaptation of: Freedom summer / by Bruce Watson. New York, N.Y. : Viking, ©2010
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Before: Mississippi at a crossroads -- A risky bus ride -- The past is "not even past" -- Freedom Street -- Battleground for America -- "It is sure enough changing" -- The sickness and the scars -- July 16: Another so-called "Freedom Day" -- "Walk together, children" -- A blot on the country -- The flowering of Freedom Summer -- "The stuff democracy is made of" -- Beauty for ashes -- After: ordinary people made a difference
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
Teen edition
Extent
v, 442 pages
Isbn
9781644210093
Lccn
2020032394
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, photographs
System control number
(OCoLC)on1132236187

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