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The March against Fear : the last great walk of the civil rights movement and the emergence of Black power

Title
The March against Fear : the last great walk of the civil rights movement and the emergence of Black power / Ann Bausum.
Author
Bausum, Ann
Publication
  • Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Description
143 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
Summary
"Mississippi. 1966. On a hot June afternoon an African-American man named James Meredith set out to walk through his home state, intending to fight racism and fear with his feet. A seemingly simple plan, but one teeming with risk. Just one day later Meredith was shot and wounded in a roadside ambush. Within twenty-four hours, Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and other civil rights leaders had taken up Meredith's cause, determined to overcome this violent act and complete Meredith's walk. The stakes were high--there was no time for advance planning and their route cut through dangerous territory. No one knew if they would succeed. By many measures the March Against Fear became one of the greatest protests of the civil rights era. But it was also one of the last, and the campaign has been largely forgotten. Critically acclaimed author Ann Bausum brings this crucial turning point of civil rights history back to life, escorting you along the dusty Mississippi roads where heroic marchers endured violence, rage, and fear as they walked more than 200 miles in the name of equality and justice."--Provided by publisher.
Alternative Title
Last great walk of the civil rights movement and the emergence of Black power
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Biography.
  • History.
  • Juvenile works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-135) and index.
Audience (note)
  • Ages 12 and up.
Contents
A tremor -- Wild ideas -- Reactions -- Revived -- Delta bound -- Black power -- Earthquake -- White rage -- Supremacy -- Reunited -- Finale -- Aftershocks.
Call Number
JFE 19-386
ISBN
  • 9781426326653
  • 1426326653
  • 9781426326660
  • 1426326661
LCCN
2016027880
OCLC
951833398
Author
Bausum, Ann, author.
Title
The March against Fear : the last great walk of the civil rights movement and the emergence of Black power / Ann Bausum.
Publisher
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-135) and index.
Audience
Ages 12 and up.
Study Program
Accelerated Reader 8.1.
Reading Counts! 10.5.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Research Call Number
JFE 19-386
Sc E 17-966
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