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Anderson, Jennifer Joline

The Civil Rights Movement

112 pp. | ABDO | September, 2011 | Library ISBN 978-1-61783-098-3 $23.95
(4) YA Essential Events series. This book chronicles the struggles of African Americans to achieve equality since the abolition of slavery. Key components include laws related to voting, school attendance, access to public buildings and transportation, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Figures such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. are also discussed. Photographs and sidebars enhance the text but crowd the pages. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

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