Civil Rights Movement for Kids : A History with 21 Activities.
Title:
Civil Rights Movement for Kids : A History with 21 Activities.
Author:
Turck, Mary C.
ISBN:
9781556528460
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (211 pages)
Series:
For Kids series
Contents:
Front Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Time Line -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Let the Children Lead Early Days, the 1950s -- Starting Somewhere Survey -- Plan a Civil Rights Event -- Chapter 2 Tired of Being Mistreated Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-56 -- Workshop on Nonviolence -- Walk for Justice -- Alternative Holidays -- Chapter 3 Nonviolent Resistance Student Sit-Ins, 1960 -- Lunch Counter Play: What Is This World Coming To? -- Freedom School -- Chapter 4 "If Not Us, Then Who?" Freedom Riders, 1961 -- Write a Freedom Ride Journal -- Musical Drama: From the Back of the Bus -- Chapter 5 Standing Up for Freedom From Birmingham to Selma, 1963-1965 -- Freedom Film Festival -- Dressing to Express -- Chapter 6 "I Have a Dream" March on Washington, 1963 -- Recital Day -- Demonstrate Your Commitment -- Chapter 7 "Praying with My Feet" Religion and Civil Rights -- Record Oral Histories -- Freedom Singers -- Love Beads -- Chapter 8 "You May Be Killed" Freedom Summer, 1964 -- Food Drive -- Letter Writing Campaign for Prisoners of Conscience -- Freedom Feast -- Chapter 9 The Struggle Continues Late 1960s, Keeping On -- Express Yourself! -- Tie-Dye Delight -- Chapter 10 Keep Hope Alive Civil Rights Today -- Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- Additional Resources -- Children's Books for Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
Surprisingly, kids were some of the key instigators in the Civil Rights Movement, like Barbara Johns, who held a rally in her elementary school gym that eventually led to the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court school desegregation decision, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges, who was the first black student to desegregate elementary schools in New Orleans. In The Civil Rights Movement for Kids, children will discover how students and religious leaders worked together to demand the protection of civil rights for black Americans. They will relive the fear and uncertainty of Freedom Summer and learn how northern white college students helped bring national attention to atrocities committed in the name of segregation, and they'll be inspired by the speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers, and Malcolm X. Activities include: reenacting a lunch counter sit-in; organizing a workshop on nonviolence; holding a freedom film festival followed by a discussion; and organizing a choral group to sing the songs that motivated the foot soldiers in this war for rights.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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