Exploring Civil Rights: The Movement: 1963 Angela Shanté
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ISBN-13: 978-1-338-76981-4 • Price: $11.99 • Pages: 96 • Format: Trade Paperback Trim size: 5-7/8’’ x 9’’ • Carton: 80 • Territory: WORLD • Stock Availability: US only The year 1963 brought both violence and a speech that resonates today. In June, two Black students were blocked from registering for classes at the University of Alabama. Civil rights leaders responded with a historic protest. In August, 250,000 people gathered for the March on Washington as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. The following month, a bomb planted by the Ku Klux Klan killed four girls at a church in Alabama. The extent of racism and discrimination was finally laid bare, as public sentiment for the movement swelled and change now seemed inevitable.
Exploring Civil Rights: The Movement: 1965 Jay Leslie
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ISBN-13: 978-1-338-76984-5 • Price: $11.99 • Pages: 96 • Format: Trade Paperback Trim size: 5-7/8’’ x 9’’ • Carton: 80 • Territory: WORLD Stock Availability: US only The civil rights movement in 1965 was fraught with assassination, brutal attacks, and an attempt to deny Black Americans the right to vote. In February, Malcolm X, a Black religious leader and human rights activist, was slain. Bloody Sunday followed in March when 600 civil rights protesters attempted to walk from Selma to Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, to oppose the suppression of the Black vote. As a result, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was ultimately signed into law in August. The civil rights movement succeeded in getting legislation passed, but the fight against racism, discrimination, and hatred was far from over.
Key features: • Each book addresses major moments in civil rights history, organized chronologically, tied into the school curriculum • Sidebars, at least one per chapter (mix of cultural references and explanations of more complex terms) • Back matter: timeline, glossary, reference materials, mini-bio of a modern civil rights activist, and more
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The Deadliest #2: The Deadliest Hurricanes Then and Now Deborah Hopkinson
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ISBN-13: 978-1-338-36019-6 • Price: $7.99 • Pages: 208 • Format: Paperback Trim size: 5-1/4’’ x 7-5/8’’ • Carton: 72 • Territory: WORLD • Stock Availability: US only From the meteorologists tracking the storm, to the ordinary people who displayed extraordinary bravery... from the inequitable effects of the disaster, to the science of hurricanes and weather: acclaimed Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson brings voices from history to life in this fast-paced, wide-ranging narrative of the deadliest hurricane in American history. The water from the storm surge pulled houses off their foundations, and the winds toppled telephone poles and trees like toothpicks. And amid the chaos, Galveston's residents did all they could to rescue one another. Packed with graphics, photos, and facts for curious minds, this is a gripping look at America's deadliest hurricane. As a hurricane gathered in the Caribbean, blue skies covered Galveston, Texas. Scientists knew a storm was coming. But none of them were able to prepare Galveston for the force of the hurricane that hit on September 8, 1900.
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