This book chronicles the struggle to overturn the laws of segregation that dealt with transportation--from Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia to the Freedom Rides. The Freedom ...
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Gr 6-9The author movingly describes the sacrifice and bravery of the people who tested the series of Supreme Court decisions desegregating buses and trains in this readable look at the Freedom Rides and their legacy. Important individuals of the civil rights movement, such as James Farmer and Martin Luther King, Jr., are discussed, as are the unknown people who put their lives on the line in the name of justice and equality. Good-quality black-and-white photographs are scattered throughout. Haskins has once again given YAs an important source of information on African American history with this well-researched, well-documented book.Judy R. Johnston, Auburn High School, WA
Gr 6-9The author movingly describes the sacrifice and bravery of the people who tested the series of Supreme Court decisions desegregating buses and trains in this readable look at the Freedom Rides and their legacy. Important individuals of the civil rights movement, such as James Farmer and Martin Luther King, Jr., are discussed, as are the unknown people who put their lives on the line in the name of justice and equality. Good-quality black-and-white photographs are scattered throughout. Haskins has once again given YAs an important source of information on African American history with this well-researched, well-documented book.Judy R. Johnston, Auburn High School, WA
