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Boycotts, Marches, and Strikes: Protests of the Civil Rights Era
By DIGGS, Barbara
- ISBN
- 9781619309166 9781619309197
- Publisher
- Nomad
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2020 | Middle To High School
Gr 6–9—This visually appealing title details the pivotal marches, boycotts, and strikes of the civil rights era. The Montgomery bus boycott, the Vietnam War resistance, the Delano grape strike, the Stonewall Riots, and Women's Equality Day are explained in five chapters, which contain a balance of text, illustrations, photographs, definitions (i.e., protest, activist, Jim Crow laws), and critical thinking questions. Diggs spotlights lesser-known activists, such as David Ruggles (an ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
