02326cam a2200469 i 4500 480258444 TxAuBib 20210124120000.0 200801s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020033618 9781524792312 Library 1524792314 Library (OCoLC)1148213006 TxAuBib rda Smith, Sherri L. What is the civil rights movement? / by Sherri L. Smith ; illustrated by Tim Foley. New York : Penguin Workshop, [2020] 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier What is...? What is--? (Penguin Workshop (Firm)) "An official WHO HQ book" -- Cover. Includes bibliographical references (page 108). What is the civil rights movement? -- A troubled past -- The long walk to school -- Montgomery bus boycott -- The lunch counter sit-ins -- Freedom riders -- The children's crusade -- The march on Washington -- Freedom summer -- Selma to Montgomery -- Changing times -- Timelines. "Even though slavery had ended in the 1860s, African Americans were still suffering under the weight of segregation a hundred years later. They couldn't go to the same schools, eat at the same restaurants, or even use the same bathrooms as white people. But by the 1950s, black people refused to remain second-class citizens and were willing to risk their lives to make a change"-- Provided by publisher. Ages: 8-12 Penguin Workshop. 20210124. Civil rights movements United States History Juvenile literature. African Americans Civil rights History Juvenile literature. African Americans Civil rights. Civil rights movements. United States. History. Juvenile works. Instructional and educational works. Foley, Tim, 1962- What is...? What is--? (Penguin Workshop (Firm).) TXTLL