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2000., Carolrhoda Books Call No: 973.7 14 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Picture the American pastSummary Note: Explains how the nearly four million slaves and nearly half a million free blacks gained freedom and basic rights as citizens, following Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
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c2000., Pre-adolescent, Enslow Publishers Call No: 305.896 073074 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Traces the struggles of African Americans from the end of slavery through the period of Jim Crow segregation in the South, to the civil rights movement and legal equality.
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1994, Juvenile, Oxford Univ Call No: 305.42 0973 09034 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The Young Oxford history of women in the United States Volume: v. 6
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[2020], Pre-adolescent, Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: One hundred years before Rosa Parks took her stand, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jennings tried to board a streetcar in New York City on her way to church. Though there were plenty of empty seats, she was denied entry, assaulted, and threatened. Lizzie decided to fight back. She told her story, took her case to court—where future president Chester Arthur represented her—and won! Her victory was the first recorded in the fight for equal rights on public transportation, and Lizzie's case set a precedent.
