Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763669195)

Explore a little-known story of the civil rights movement, in which black and white citizens in one Alabama city worked together nonviolently to end segregation.

Mention the civil rights era in Alabama, and most people recall images of terrible violence. But something different was happening in Huntsville. For the citizens of that city, creativity, courage, and cooperation were the keys to working together to integrate their city and schools in peace. In an engaging celebration of this lesser-known chapter in American and African-American history, author Hester Bass and illustrator E. B. Lewis show children how racial discrimination, bullying, and unfairness can be faced successfully with perseverance and ingenuity.

Author: Hester Bass
ISBN-10: 0763669199
ISBN-13: 9780763669195
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 01/27/2015
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.70h x 9.80w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 172163 / Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama

Award: Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) - Silver Medal Winner
Award: Alabama Camellia Award - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2014
Publishers Weekly 11/17/2014
School Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 120
Booklist 02/01/2015 pg. 41
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 50