| Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights Contributor(s): Haskins, Jim (Author), Andrews, Benny (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0763638803 ISBN-13: 9780763638801 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: A respected biographer teams up with an acclaimed artist to tell the story of a mail carrier, who in 1961 orchestrated the Great Savannah Boycott and was instrumental in bringing equality to his Georgia community. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Social Activists - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science - Politics & Government |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 850 |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 8.18" W x 11.74" (0.38 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Locality - Savannah, Georgia - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Cultural Region - South |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 103884 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A gripping biography of the mail carrier who orchestrated the Great Savannah boycott -- and was instrumental in bringing equality to his community. "Grow up and be somebody," Westley Wallace Law's grandmother encouraged him as a young boy living in poverty in segregated Savannah, Georgia. Determined to make a difference in his community, W.W. Law assisted blacks in registering to vote, joined the NAACP and trained protestors in the use of nonviolent civil disobedience, and, in 1961, led the Great Savannah Boycott. In that famous protest, blacks refused to shop in downtown Savannah. When city leaders finally agreed to declare all of its citizens equal, Savannah became the first city in the south to end racial discrimination. A lifelong mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, W.W. Law saw fostering communication between blacks and whites as a fundamental part of his job. As this affecting, strikingly illustrated biography makes clear, this "unsung hero" delivered far more than the mail to the citizens of the city he loved. |