A dream of freedom : the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968

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Label

A dream of freedom : the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968

Title remainder

the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968

Statement of responsibility

Diane McWhorter ; foreword by Fred Shuttlesworth

Creator

• trueMcWhorter, Diane

Subject

• trueAfrican American history
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964
• African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964 -- Juvenile literature
• trueChildren
• trueChildren -- United States
• trueChildren and racism
• trueCivil rights
• trueCivil rights movement
• Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• trueRace relations
• trueAfrican American children
• trueSegregation
• trueSegregation in education
• trueUnited States -- History -- 20th century
• trueUnited States -- Race relations | History
• United States -- Race relations | History -- Juvenile literature
• trueViolence against African-Americans
• trueRacism

Genre

• Juvenile literature

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

Cataloging source

MvI

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.

Study program name

• Accelerated Reader AR
• Reading Counts RC

Target audience

pre adolescent