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Child of the Civil Rights Movement

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A vivid, child-friendly first-person account about growing up during the civil rights movement. Now in paperback. In this Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year, Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child's unique perspective to an important chapter in America's history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks did not. With an activist father and a community of leaders surrounding her, including Uncle Martin (Martin Luther King), Paula watched and listened to the struggles, eventually joining with her family-and thousands of others-in the historic march from Selma to Montgomery. Poignant, moving, and hopeful, this is an intimate look at the birth of the Civil Rights Movement.

Author Biography:

Paula Young Shelton is the daughter of civil rights leader and former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young. She is a teacher in Washington, D.C., and a member of the National Black Child Development Institute. Her husband, Hilary O. Shelton, is the director of the NAACP Washington Bureau. Raul Col n is the acclaimed illustrator of numerous children's books.
Release date Australia
July 23rd, 2013
Audience
  • Children / Juvenile
Contributor
  • Illustrated by Raul Colon
Illustrations
full color illustrations
Interest Age
From 4 to 8 years
Pages
48
Dimensions
217x279x4
ISBN-13
9780385376068
Product ID
21235622

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