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The Resource Twelve days in May : Freedom Ride 1961, Larry Dane Brimner

Twelve days in May : Freedom Ride 1961, Larry Dane Brimner

Label
Twelve days in May : Freedom Ride 1961
Title
Twelve days in May
Title remainder
Freedom Ride 1961
Statement of responsibility
Larry Dane Brimner
Title variation
12 days in May
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
Writing style
Illustration
Award
  • ALA Notable Children's Books, 2018.
  • Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2017.
  • Carter G. Woodson Book Awards: Secondary Level, 2018.
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2018.
Awards note
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2018.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10601377
Cataloging source
YDX
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Brimner, Larry Dane
Dewey number
323.092
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
E185.96
LC item number
.B75 2017
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
  • 5
  • 12
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Freedom Rides, 1961
  • Civil rights movements
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights workers
  • African American civil rights workers
  • Southern States
Target audience
adolescent
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
Freedom Ride 1961
Label
Twelve days in May : Freedom Ride 1961, Larry Dane Brimner
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references 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
27 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
111 pages
Isbn
9781629795867
Lccn
2017937780
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (black and white)
System control number
(OCoLC)978650548
Label
Twelve days in May : Freedom Ride 1961, Larry Dane Brimner
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references 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
27 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
111 pages
Isbn
9781629795867
Lccn
2017937780
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (black and white)
System control number
(OCoLC)978650548

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