The Freedom Rides
- ISBN-10
- 142050908X
- ISBN-13
- 9781420509083
- Category
- Young Adult Nonfiction
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-04-20
- Publisher
- Greenhaven Publishing LLC
- Author
- Anne Wallace Sharp
Description
Author Anne Wallace Sharp describes the events that led up to and followed the historic Freedom Rides of 1961. The experiences of African Americans in the Jim Crow South, the stark inequality enforced with segregation laws, and the struggles of the budding civil rights movement are all discussed. Sharp recounts the experiences shared by the Freedom Riders as they faced oppression and violence, and describes how this event changed the course of American history.
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