The Civil Rights Movement For Kids

A History With 21 Activities

BY MARY TURCK

Brief Description:
Surprisingly, kids were some of the key instigators in the Civil Rights Movement, like six-year-old Ruby Bridges, who was the first black student to desegregate elementary schools in New Orleans. In The Civil Rights Movement for Kids, children will discover how students and religious leaders worked together to demand the protection of civil rights for black Americans. Activities include: reenacting a lunch counter sit-in; organizing a workshop on nonviolence; holding a freedom film festival followed by a discussion; and organizing a choral group to sing the songs that motivated the foot soldiers in this war for rights.

Chicago Review Press 2000 189 PP. Paper

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