A Voice from the Civil Rights Era

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Frankye Regis

Book Code: GR2998

ISBN: 0-313-32998-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32998-2

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184 pages, photos

Greenwood Press

Publication: 11/30/2004

List Price: $38.95 (UK Sterling Price: £21.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Voices of Twentieth-Century Conflict

Reviews:

Sandwiched between a civil rights time line and a section of questions for review and reflection, illustrated with family snapshots, this mix of personal and public history reads like a collection of separate pieces but offers students an unusual vantage from which to view the African-American struggle for civil rights.
—Multicultural Review .
The juxtaposition of history and personal narrative is effective.
—School Library Journal May 2005
[B]ecuase of its inclusion of harder-to-find writers and its single-volume convenience, it is recommended for academic and public libraries.
—Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin March 1, 2005

Description: Frankye Regis recounts her childhood as a black girl growing up in rural segregated Mississippi during the 1960s and '70s. She was a farmer's daughter, one of eight children, who spent her summer vacations picking cotton in her father's fields. She wouldn't dare look a white person in the eye if she passed one on the street. Her high school was not integrated until 1980, 25 years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision stated segregated schools were illegal. Throughout her first-person memoir, Regis provides the history of the civil rights movement in an accessible manner to help students place the personal narrative in historical context. Original and historical photographs are provided to help readers better understand the experience of being in someone else's shoes. This is the third book in a new series, Voices of Twentieth Century Conflict, directed towards high school students. Each story in this series is told through personal vignettes and reflections that chronicle the life and times of the author with historical context unifying and clarifying the events. The lively writing style and engaging stories help history come alive for students learning about Civil Rights. Also included are a series foreword, timeline, glossary, and Questions for Discussion and Reflection for each chapter. Also available in this series are A Voice from the Holocaust and A Voice from the Vietnam War.

Table of Contents:

Dedication
To the Teacher
Acknowledgments
Timeline
Foreword
Introduction
Growing Up in Mississippi
Early African-American History
The Modern Civil Rights Movement
My Schools
Sit-Ins
Equal Treatment
Freedom Summer
Voting Rights' Struggle
Black Nationalism and Black Power
Voting Campaign in Mississippi
Change Is Inevitable
Mississippi Today
Questions for thought and discussion
List of Organizations
Glossary
Sources

LC Card Number: 2004054385

LCC Class: E185

Dewey Class: 323


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