TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Sherri L. AU - Foley,Tim TI - What is the civil rights movement? SN - 9781524792312 AV - E185.61 .S6555 2020 U1 - 323.119 SMI 23 KW - Civil rights movements KW - United States KW - History KW - Juvenile literature KW - African Americans KW - Civil rights KW - Civil Rights KW - sears KW - Civil rights demonstrations N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 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; Ages: 8-12; Penguin Workshop N2 - "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"-- ER -