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Hunter-Gault, Charlayne

To the Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement

198 pp. | Roaring Brook/Flash Point | January, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-605-3 $22.99

(2) YA New York Times Book series. One of the first students to desegregate an all-white college in the South looks at six pivotal years of the civil rights movement (1960–1965). Veteran journalist Hunter-Gault weaves her own experience into a larger history, going beyond well-known events to discuss some precursors. Period photographs and pages from the New York Times (articles appended) illustrate the gracefully written history. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind.

Reviewer: Kathleen Isaacs | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2012