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Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
Contributor(s): Rubin, Susan Goldman (Author)
ISBN: 0823429202     ISBN-13: 9780823429202
Publisher: Holiday House
OUR PRICE:   $17.06  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - State & Local
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
Dewey: 323.119
LCCN: 2013020208
Lexile Measure: 980
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 8.5" W x 10.25" (1.46 lbs) 144 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Chronological Period - 1960's
- Geographic Orientation - Mississippi
- Topical - Black History
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 165199
Reading Level: 6.9   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 4.0
 
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Publisher Description:
In 1964, Mississippi civil rights groups banded together to fight Jim Crow laws in a state where only 6.4 percent of eligible black voters were registered.

Testing a bold new strategy, they recruited students from across the United States. That summer these young volunteers defied segregation by living with local black hosts, opening Freedom Schools to educate disenfranchised adults and their children, and canvassing door-to-door to register voters.

Everyone involved knew there would be risks but were nonetheless shocked when three civil rights workers disappeared and were soon presumed murdered. The organizers' worst fears were realized as volunteers, local activists, and hosts faced terror on a daily basis. Yet by the middle of August, incredible strides had been made in spite of the vicious intimidation. The summer unleashed an unstoppable wave of determination from black Mississippians to demand their rights and helped bring about a new political order in the American South.

Fifty years after this landmark civil rights project in Mississippi, an award-winning author offers a riveting account of events that stunned the nation. Includes over 75 photographs, drawings, original documents, a timeline, source notes, bibliography, maps, and an index.


Contributor Bio(s): Rubin, Susan Goldman: -

Susan Goldman Rubin's award-winning books for children include Fireflies in the Dark, a Sydney Taylor Award Honor Book, a Golden Kite Honor Book, and a Booklist Top Ten Art Book for Youth. She lives in California.