Bibliograph

Blast back!, The Civil rights movement, by Nancy Ohlin ; illustrated by Roger Simó

Type

Label

Blast back!, The Civil rights movement, by Nancy Ohlin ; illustrated by Roger Simó

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 110) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 7 to 10

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Blast back!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

972278323

Responsibility statement

by Nancy Ohlin ; illustrated by Roger Simó

Series statement

Blast back!

Sub title

The Civil rights movement

Summary

"When people think about the Civil Rights Movement, things like segregation and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech may come to mind. But what was the movement all about, and what social changes did it bring?"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

A brief history of the civil rights movement -- Slavery in America -- Reconstruction -- The Ku Klux Klan -- Jim Crow segregation -- The beginnings of the civil rights movement -- Brown v. Board of Education -- Montgomery Bus Boycott -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- The Birmingham demonstrations -- March on Washington -- New civil rights laws -- More rioting and violence -- The legacy of the civil rights movement -- Epilogue

Target audience

primary

resource.variantTitle

Civil rights movement

Classification