Speaking Out: The Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1964
- ISBN-10
- 0792283597
- ISBN-13
- 9780792283591
- Series
- Speaking Out
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 40
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Author
- Kevin Supples
Description
Presents a review of the political and social climate of this time period which led to an outcry of injustice from every quarter of the nation and was the first step for bringing equality to all citizens regardless of ethnicity.
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