The Freedom Rides: The Rise of the Civil Rights Movement

by Sarah Machajewski

Book Overview

By the middle of the 1900s, African Americans were tired of the discriminatory treatment they had been receiving even after the abolition of slavery nearly 100 years prior. As the American civil rights movement began to grow, a group of courageous activists, called the Freedom Riders, began challenging the segregated status quo. Assisted by engaging fact boxes and a comprehensive text, readers are placed in the middle of the fight for equality. Striking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534562982
• ISBN13: 9781534562981
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Lucent Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10