The Story of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement in Photographs

by David Aretha

Book Overview

Martin Luther King, Jr., called Birmingham, Alabama, the most segregated city in America. In 1963, he and other civil rights leaders believed it was time to change that. With marches and protests throughout the city, civil rights activists hoped the movement would draw national attention. Hundreds of young African Americans joined the cause, marching for equal rights. Angry segregationists reacted, violently. And it would play out in newspapers and...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0766042375
• ISBN13: 9780766042377
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.6" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 12