Civil-rights Activists
New York : PowerKids Press, 2012.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 24 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Briefly surveys the history of people of African origin who worked against racism and injustice and profiles notable figures from Sojourner Truth to the present, including Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Series: Black history makers.
Contents:
What is a campaigner? -- Sojourner Truth -- Harriet Tubman -- Mary Seacole -- Frederick Douglass -- Marcus Garvey -- Rosa Lee Parks -- Malcolm X -- Martin Luther King -- Desmond Tutu -- Oprah Winfrey -- Timeline -- Mini-biographies.
Subjects:
African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Human rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Human rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781448866380 (library binding)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective AF AM Civil | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index.