Diane McWhorter

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1) A dream of freedom: the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968

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McWhorter, Diane

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

[2004]

Language

English

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Civil Rights History for Kids

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In this history of the modern Civil Rights movement, the author focuses on the monumental events that occurred between 1954 (the year of Brown v. the Board of Education) and 1968 (the year that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.

2) Carry me home: Birmingham, Alabama : the climactic battle of the civil rights revolution

Author

McWhorter, Diane

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

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Civil Rights History

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Offers a detailed account of the civil rights battle in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, and discusses why those events signaled a turning point in the movement.