Fight On!: Mary Church Terrell's Battle for Integration

Fight On!: Mary Church Terrell's Battle for Integration
ISBN-10
0618133496
ISBN-13
9780618133499
Series
Fight On!
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
181
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Authors
Judith Bloom Fradin, Dennis B. Fradin

Description

A well-researched and compelling biography brings to life the acclaimed civil rights leader and daughter of an ex-slave who, at the age of 90, waged a successful battle to integrate Washington, D.C., restaurants.

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