Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
by Susan Goldman Rubin
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An account of the civil rights crusade in Mississippi 50 years ago that brought on shocking violence and the beginning of a new political order.Tags
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An accessible, passionate account of this pivotal and tragic period in the Civil Rights Movement. What this informative book needs is a concluding chapter or afterward discussing how the recent dismantling of the 1964 Voting Rights Act by the U.S. Supreme Court has rendered the dangerous work of those fearless Civil Rights works irrelevant and the murders of Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman meaningless.
A fine work of non fiction. Perfect for middle grade readers.
Through period photos, primary source documents, and source notes, this book documents the impact that the fight to end segregation had on students, activists, and the nation. Timeline, Resources, Bibliography.
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Susan Goldman Rubin grew up in the Bronx and dreamed of becoming an artist. She illustrated her first three picture books but then turned to writing nonfiction, mainly about art and history, and is the author of more than 55 books for young people. Her titles include Diego Rivera: An Artist For The People, They Call Me A Hero: A Memoir of My show more Youth, Music Was It! Young Leonard Bernstein, Everyone Paints! The Art and Lives of the Wyeth Family, and Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. Most recently Susan has created board books based on fine art for very young children. Her titles include Counting with Wayne Thiebaud, Andy Warhol's Colors, and Matisse: Dance For Joy. Susan has been an instructor in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program for 20 years. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Important places
- Mississippi, USA
- Important events
- African-American Civil Rights Movement; Freedom Summer
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- Nonfiction, Tween, Kids
- DDC/MDS
- 323.1196 — Society, government, & culture Political science Civil Rights & Liberties/ Human Rights Minority Politics Specific Groups Biography And History African Origin
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- E185.93 .M6 .R83 — History of the United States United States Elements in the population Afro-Americans
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- English
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- Paper, Ebook
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