Focus on Civil Rights Sit-Ins
Published on 1. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-7284-6285-1 (ISBN)
Description
"Although the institution of slavery ended with the US Civil War, racism persisted. Learn about Civil Rights Sit-Ins, the key figures who fought for equality, and the movement's connections to present day"--
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: From Fourth Grade to Eighth Grade, Reading Age: From 9 to 11 years, Interest Age: From 9 to 14 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Glossary; Index; Illustrations, color; Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 167 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
95 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7284-6285-1 (9781728462851)
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Cicely Lewis is a school librarian with a passion for creating lovers of reading based in Georgia. In 2017, she started the Read Woke challenge in response to the shootings of young unarmed black people, the repeal of DACA, and the lack of diversity in young adult literature. She was named the 2020 National Librarian of the Year by School Library Journal and Scholastic, a 2019 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and the 2019 National Teacher Award for Lifelong Readers by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and Penguin Random House (PRH).