A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement From 1954 to 1968 - Rilegato

McWhorter, Diane

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0439576784 ISBN 13: 9780439576789

Casa editrice: Scholastic Nonfiction, 2004

Riassunto

A powerful but intimate book explores the sacrifices and triumphs of African-Americans in their pursuit of social and political equality, and takes a hard, painful look at the often violent resistance they met from white Americans.

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In this history of the modern Civil Rights movement, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Diane McWhorter focuses on the monumental events that occurred between 1954 (the year of Brown versus the Board of Education) and 1968 (the year that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assasinated). Beginning with an overview of the movement since the end of the Civil War, McWhorter also discusses such events as the 1956 MTGS bus boycott, the 1961 Freedom Rides, and the 1963 demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama, among others.The author uses interviews she conducted personally with

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Scholastic Nonfiction
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0439576784
• ISBN 13: 9780439576789
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 160
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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