Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories

by Ellen S. Levine

Paperback, 1993

Status

Check shelf

Call number

321.1 LE

Genres

All Topics

Nonfiction

Publication

Avon Flare (1993), Edition: Illustrated, 204 pages

Description

Southern blacks who were young and involved in the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s describe their experiences.

User reviews

LibraryThing member athenamilis

I would like to say that I am having difficulty getting this book from Barnes and Nobles and they assure me that it will be in on Tuesday of this week. I could have switched books at the last minute to meet the deadline, but I really wanted to read this book. I should be finished with by Wednesday

and will re-post at that time. Sorry for the inconvenience of having to check twice.

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LibraryThing member S1BRNSUGAR

30 African-Americans teenagers in the 1950s and 1960s talk about what it was like for them to fight segregation in the South. Sitting in an all white restaurants and demand to be served, they refuse to give up a seat at the front of the bus, to be among the first to integrate the public schools,

and to face violence, arrest, and even death for the cause of freedom.

Students can write a paper compare and constrast. they will know for them selves how time have changed.

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LibraryThing member ptnguyen

Target audience: 11 and up

These individuals, who came from Alabama, Mississippi, or Arkansas, are not famous nor mentioned in students textbooks. However, they changed the course of American history by their extraordinary acts of courage. These individuals were either participants or leaders of the

1960s civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s. They were some fo the first black young people: 1)to attended formerly all-white schools; 2) to participate in sit-in at segregated lunch counters in stores; 3) to become Freedom Riders who protested on illegal separation on interstate buses; and 4) to fight for the rights to vote for blacks. Levine provides first-erson incidents of senseless beatings, unjust murders and jailings of those who stood up for people's rights.

These interviews have been gathered by Levine over many years. He recognized normal children and teenagers who performed acts of extreme courage and are worthy of recognition. The stories are impressive due to Levine's extraordinary writing skills. I winced many times through many beatings and unjust acts but I applaud these children who stood up for their and others' rights. I highly recommend the book to all individuals for those who work closely with children.

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LibraryThing member sadkins6

This book is very inspirational to me. All these haven't really been recongized by society but they should recongize these stories. Every last person helped make this intergrated country. We all owe a round of appluase for this people. Just amazing stories inside.

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