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Author Sharp, Anne Wallace

Title The freedom rides / Anne Wallace Sharp
Published Detroit : Lucent Books, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Lucent library of Black history
Lucent library of Black history.
Contents Introduction : a fight for integration -- The Jim Crow South -- Prelude and beginnings of the journey -- The ride gets bumpy -- The ride continues : Montgomery, Alabama -- The arrests -- Impact and reflections
Summary Places important topics in context so that readers will understand the connection between black history and the sweep of America's story. This volume covers the many acts of violence that were perpetrated against the Freedom Riders on their journey through the South
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Freedom Rides, 1961.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights demonstrations -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Civil rights demonstrations.
Civil rights movements.
Race relations.
SUBJECT Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Subject Southern States.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011046549
ISBN 9781420509083
142050908X