Larry Dane Brimner
Author
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Documents the heroic 1961 campaign of the civil rights activists known as the "Freedom Riders," describing their peaceful protests to raise awareness about unconstitutional segregation and the increasing violence they endured as they traveled south.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Recounts the 1947 government investigation into the motion picture industry by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
1947: "A Cold War is brewing between communist Soviet Union and the United States. Tensions between the two countries are at an all-time high. In America, people begin to see communist threats everywhere, and the U.S. government forms a committee to investigate those threats. Even Hollywood comes under the microscope. Acclaimed...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In 1931, nine teenagers were arrested as they traveled on a train through Scottsboro, Alabama. The youngest was thirteen, and all had been hoping to find something better at the end of their journey. But they never arrived. Instead, two white women falsely accused them of rape. The effects were catastrophic for the young men, who came to be known as the Scottsboro Boys. Being accused of raping a white woman in the Jim Crow south almost certainly...