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      By Brimner, Larry Dane
       c2011., Calkins Creek Call No: 305.89 Bri   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the history of the civil rights battle fought between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor in the 1950s and 1960s. Explores the lives of both men, Fred a young black preacher and Bull an old white commissioner, utilizing dozens of photographs from the era, FBI files, and archived newspapers detailing the events of the riots that took place in Birmingham, Alabama, incited by these two men.
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      By Pinkney, Andrea Davis  Pinkney, J. Brian
       c2008., Primary, Greenwillow Books Call No: [E]   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Uses the form of a blues song to share the story of the year-long bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked by seamstress Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger in 1955, which resulted in a repeal of the Jim Crow segregation laws.
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      By Pinkney, Andrea Davis  Pinkney, J. Brian
       c2008., Greenwillow Books Call No: [E]   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Uses the form of a blues song to share the story of the year-long bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked by seamstress Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger in 1955, which resulted in a repeal of the Jim Crow segregation laws.
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      By Diggs, Barbara
       [2020]., Adolescent, Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications Call No: 323 DIG    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Thousands of protests, marches, and demonstrations in the civil rights era gave a strong voice to people and groups who were traditionally ignored. These protests led to important legal and social changes that continue to impact our nation today. In this book, readers 12 through 15 explore five ground-breaking events that took place during the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s.
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      By Clark-Robinson, Monica  Morrison, Frank
       2018., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: [E]    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to march for their civil rights after hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. They protested the laws that kept black people separate from white people. Facing fear, hate, and danger, these children used their voices to change the world. Frank Morrison's emotive oil-on-canvas paintings bring this historical event to life, while Monica Clark-Robinson's moving and poetic words document this remarkable time.
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      By Bausum, Ann
       [2016], Pre-adolescent, National Geographic Call No: HI-INT 323.1 BAU    Availability:2 of 2     At Location(s) Summary Note: Mississippi. 1966. On a hot June afternoon an African American man named James Meredith set out to walk through his home state of Mississippi, intending to fight racism and fear with his feet. He walked to make a statement. But two days into his journey, Meredith was shot and wounded in a roadside attack. Within twenty-four hours, Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and other civil rights leaders had taken up Meredith's cause, determined to overcome this violent act and complete Meredith's walk. What started as one man's mission became the March Against Fear.
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      By Bausum, Ann
       [2017]., Adolescent, National Geographic Call No: U S HISTORY    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "Mississippi. 1966. On a hot June afternoon an African-American man named James Meredith set out to walk through his home state, intending to fight racism and fear with his feet. A seemingly simple plan, but one teeming with risk. Just one day later Meredith was shot and wounded in a roadside ambush. Within twenty-four hours, Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and other civil rights leaders had taken up Meredith's cause, determined to overcome this violent act and complete Meredith's walk... brings this crucial turning point of civil rights history back to life, escorting you along the dusty Mississippi roads where heroic marchers endured violence, rage, and fear as they walked more than 200 miles in the name of equality and justice."--Provided by publisher.