Freedom's Children

Freedom's Children

Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories

by Ellen Levine
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
Mass market paperback, 204 pages
List Price: $7.99 Sale Price: $6.79

Portraits of 30 African-Americans who, as children or teenagers, took part in the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s. These activists reminisce about such things as refusing to give up their seats on buses, picketing against segregated stores and restaurants, and taking part in peaceful protests that often ended in violence. Illustrated with b&w photographs.

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