The Story of the Civil Rights Freedom Rides in Photographs

ISBN-10: 0766042367
ISBN-13: 9780766042360
Author: Aretha, David
Interest Level: 5-12
Publisher: Enslow Publishers

Publication Date: January 2014

Copyright: 2014

Page Count: 48

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Interest Level

Grades 5-12

Reading Level

Lexile: 840L
Accelerated Reader Level: 5.8
Accelerated Reader Points: 1.0

BISAC Subjects

Freedom Rides, 1961; Pictorial works; Juvenile literature

Freedom Rides, 1961; Pictorial works; Juvenile literature

Freedom Rides, 1961; Pictorial works; Juvenile literature

Description
On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people descended on Washington, D.C. They came by bus, car, and bicycle. Some even walked hundreds of miles to be there. On that day, the massive crowd gathered to march, protest, sing, and support the Civil Rights Movement and to demonstrate that the time had come to end segregation in the South. To a captivated audience, Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke of his "dream," when African Americans would have equal rights. Through vivid primary source photographs, author David Aretha explores the "greatest demonstration for freedom" in American history.