What is the civil rights movement?
Title
:
What is the civil rights movement?
Personal Author EPSB
:
Sherri L., Smith
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".
Year Published
:
2020
Series
:
What is?
Physical Description
:
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Note
:
"An official WHO HQ book" -- Cover.
Subject
:
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
Genre
:
Instructional and educational works.
Added Author
:
Foley, Tim, 1962-
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".
ISBN
:
9781524792312
9781524792305
Publisher
:
New York : Penguin Workshop, [2020]
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| George P. Nicholson | 323.1196 SMI | Book | 31004000303185 | Non-Fiction |