Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round Stories and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement

Name: Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round Stories and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement
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ISBN: 9780763619275

ISBN-10: 0763619272

ISBN-13: 9780763619275

Edition: 2006

Authors: Doreen Rappaport, Shane W. Evans

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A powerful trilogy concludes with a look at both famous and lesser-known forces in the ongoing struggle for civil rights. In the summer of 1955, Moses Wright braved mortal danger to testify against three white men accused of murdering Emmett Till — a brutal event that helped to spur the American civil rights movement. Nine black teenagers in Little Rock, Arkansas, headed out to a formerly white high school, despite warnings that "blood will run in the streets." James Lawson trained activists not to fight back with fists or words, no matter how many billy clubs rained down on them. Through ten turbulent years, black southerners filled jails and public places with the songs and strength…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication date: 10/10/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 64
Size: 10.00" wide x 11.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English