Twelve days in May [electronic resource] : Freedom Ride 1961 / Larry Dane Brimner.

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For twelve history-making days in May 1961, thirteen black and white civil rights activists, also known as the Freedom Riders, traveled by bus into the South to draw attention to the unconstitutional segregation still taking place. Despite their peaceful protests, the Freedom Riders were met with in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brimner, Larry Dane (Author)
Language:English
Published: Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Freedom Rides, 1961 > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American civil rights workers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights demonstrations > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Southern States > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Biography
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central: 2017 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:
12 days in May
Freedom Ride 1961
Twelve Days in May : Freedom Ride 1961
Format: Electronic eBook
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Summary:
For twelve history-making days in May 1961, thirteen black and white civil rights activists, also known as the Freedom Riders, traveled by bus into the South to draw attention to the unconstitutional segregation still taking place. Despite their peaceful protests, the Freedom Riders were met with increasing violence the further south they traveled.
Audience:
Middle School.
1080 Lexile.
Awards:Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, 2018.
Carter G. Woodson Book Award, Secondary Level, 2018
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-104) and index.
ISBN:9781629799179 (online)