Banting, Erinn.

The civil rights movement / Erinn Banting. - New York : Weigl Publishers, 2008. - 48 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. - African American history .

Includes index.

A movement towards freedom -- Discrimination and segregation -- Time for change -- Brown v. the Board of Education -- Bravery and change -- Montgomery bus boycott -- Martin Luther King Jr -- The Little Rock Nine -- Sit-ins -- Freedom riders -- The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (sclc) -- The march on Washington -- After the march on Washington -- Rights Act of 1964 -- Freedom summer -- Montgomery march -- The Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- Malcolm X -- A new hope -- Timeline -- Activity 'What makes a leader?' -- Test your knowledge.

ISBN: 9781590368824 (hard cover : alk. paper) 9781590368831 (soft cover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008042476

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Civil rights movements--History.--United States
International Baccalaureate
African Americans--Civil rights--History.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Race relations.

LC Class. No.: E185.61 / .B227 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 323.1196/073