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Six fictional characters, in cycles of linked poems, relate their memories of the historic day in 1963 when more than 250,000 people from across the United States joined together to march on Washington, D.C., calling for civil and economic rights for African Americans.
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"This title will inform readers about nonviolent resistance during the civil rights movement. The title will discuss Martin Luther King Jr., who helped organize nonviolent protests, as well as others involved, and the types of nonviolent protests--like sit-ins. Vivid details, well-chosen photographs, and primary sources bring this story and this case to life."--Publisher's website.
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The civil rights movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerges as its most visible leader. Some demonstrations succeed; others fail. But the triumphant March on Washington, D.C., under King's leadership, shows a mounting national support for civil rights. President John F. Kennedy proposes the Civil Rights Act.
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On January 31st, 1961, in Rock Hill SC, the men who would become known as the Friendship 9 walked across town and sat down at a lunch counter. They were beaten, dragged outside, threatened, and sentenced to 30 days of hard labor at the York County Prison Camp. They were allowed no defense, afforded no rights, and offered no justice. Mostly students of nearby Friendship College, they held fast to nonviolence and "Jail No Bail." Instead of paying for...
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Mississippi's grass-roots civil rights movement becomes an American concern when college students travel south to help register black voters and three activists are murdered. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party challenges the regular Mississippi delegation at the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City.
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In the 1960s, African Americans protested for equal rights in the United States. In the 1970s, Catholics demanded equality in Northern Ireland. Catholics were influenced by the American civil rights movement. But peaceful protests erupted into violence on two fateful days. Two Bloody Sundays: Civil Rights in America and Ireland explores the legacies of the Bloody Sunday in Alabama and the Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland.
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"The civil rights sit-ins sparked the larger civil rights movement, inspiring many people to protest racial inequality... discusses how the United States' history of slavery and segregation led people to make a change, how the sit-ins began to make businesses available to all, and how the protests changed the laws of a nation."--Publisher.