02054cam a2200385 i 4500 485684585 TxAuBib 20210218120000.0 200801s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020033618 9781524792312 LIB 15.99 1524792314 LIB 15.99 TxAuBib rda Smith, Sherri L.,. What is the civil rights movement? / by Sherri L. Smith ; illustrated by Tim Foley. New York : Penguin Workshop, [2020] 108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier What is What is--? (Penguin Workshop (Firm)) Includes bibliographical references (page 108). What is the civil rights movement? -- A troubled past -- A long walk to school -- The Montgomery bus boycott -- The lunch counter sit-ins -- Freedom riders -- The children's crusade -- The march on Washington -- Freedom summer -- Selma to Montgomery -- Changing times -- Timelines. "Even though slavery had ended in the 1860s, African Americans were still suffering under the weight of segregation a hundred years later. They couldn't go to the same schools, eat at the same restaurants, or even use the same bathrooms as white people. But by the 1950s, black people refused to remain second-class citizens and were willing to risk their lives to make a change"-- Provided by publisher. Ages 8-12 Penguin Workshop. 20210226. lac. Civil rights movements United States History Juvenile literature. Civil rights movements United States History. African Americans Civil rights History Juvenile literature. Foley, Tim, illustrator. What is. What is--? (Penguin Workshop (Firm).)