The Civil Rights Movement for Kids: A History with 21 Activities Volume 15 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781556523700)

Surprisingly, kids were some of the key instigators in the Civil Rights Movement, like Barbara Johns, who held a rally in her elementary school gym that eventually led to the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court school desegregation decision, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges, who was the first black student to desegregate elementary schools in New Orleans. In The Civil Rights Movement for Kids, children will discover how students and religious leaders worked together to demand the protection of civil rights for black Americans. They will relive the fear and uncertainty of Freedom Summer and learn how northern white college students helped bring national attention to atrocities committed in the name of segregation, and they'll be inspired by the speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers, and Malcolm X. Activities include: reenacting a lunch counter sit-in; organizing a workshop on nonviolence; holding a freedom film festival followed by a discussion; and organizing a choral group to sing the songs that motivated the foot soldiers in this war for rights.


Author: Mary C. Turck
ISBN-10: 155652370X
ISBN-13: 9781556523700
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2000
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.58h x 10.98w x 0.46d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/15/1999 pg. 772
School Library Journal 10/01/2000 pg. 192