5/15/2009
Heroes for Civil Rights by David A. Adler
Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth. This picture book is a collective biography of thirteen civil rights leaders. Each profile is one page accompanied by a portrait of the leader(s). The heroes include familiar and not so familiar names. The Little Rock Nine and the Greensboro Four are also included. End pages include a chronology of events between 1953 and 1968. An excellent overview of the Civil Rights movement written in a way that will help children understand this tragic period. A nice addition for social studies / civil rights units. Grade 3- 8.
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I second the nomination. I am not sure this book would be very useful to students in the upper grades who are working on reports, but it provides a starting place on who the key leaderss were and the roles they played in the movement.
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