Freedom Riders: A Primary Source Exploration of the Struggle for Racial Justice
- ISBN-10
- 1491402318
- ISBN-13
- 9781491402313
- Series
- Freedom Riders
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-07-01
- Publisher
- Capstone Classroom
- Author
- Heather E. Schwartz
Description
"Uses primary sources to tell the story of the Freedom Riders during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement"--
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- 2011-03-11
- 320 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press
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