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Students can access the full-text encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, as well as the Lands and People series - an excellent source of information for country reports, and the America the Beautiful series - a great resource for state reports.
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Recounts the courageous involvement of many young people who marched, protested, were arrested, and risked their lives to end racial discrimination in the South during the 1950s and 1960s.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Traces the struggles of African Americans from the end of slavery through the period of Jim Crow segregation in the South, to the civil rights movement and legal equality.
Author
Series
Publisher
Flash Point
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A personal history of the civil rights movement from an activist and acclaimed journalist begins at the 2009 presidential inauguration of Barak Obama and journeys back through the decades, offering witness to the events of the social movement that changed the course of United States history.
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Discusses the conditions of African Americans in the South before, during, and after the Civil War, and the migration of many former slaves, led by such men as Benjamin Singleton and Henry Adams, to the West looking for a better life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Describes the struggles following the Civil War to decide how to deal with the newly freed slaves, through the years of Reconstruction, Jim Crow, sharecropping, and segregation.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Offers the true account of two young men who took the risk to venture into the segregated South at the peak of the Civil Rights era to take part as Freedom Riders and fight for equality for all.
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Discusses the Freedom Rides, an important event in the Civil Rights Movement, including the riders who risked their lives, the violence the riders faced, and the successful integration of interstate buses and terminals"--Provided by publisher.
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