Bausum, Ann.
Freedom Riders : John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the front lines of the civil rights movement / by Ann Bausum. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2006. - 79 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Includes chronology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book compares and contrasts the childhoods of John Lewis, growing up in black America, and Jim Zwerg, growing up in white America, to help readers understand the segregated experience of the nation's past. Both men became Freedom Riders on a bus journey south.
4-8 Medialog, Inc. 1090 Lexile.
0792241738 0792241746 (lib.)
2005012947
Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21- --Juvenile literature.
Zwerg, Jim, 1939- --Juvenile literature.
African American civil rights workers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Southern States--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
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Freedom Riders : John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the front lines of the civil rights movement / by Ann Bausum. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2006. - 79 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Includes chronology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book compares and contrasts the childhoods of John Lewis, growing up in black America, and Jim Zwerg, growing up in white America, to help readers understand the segregated experience of the nation's past. Both men became Freedom Riders on a bus journey south.
4-8 Medialog, Inc. 1090 Lexile.
0792241738 0792241746 (lib.)
2005012947
Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21- --Juvenile literature.
Zwerg, Jim, 1939- --Juvenile literature.
African American civil rights workers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Southern States--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
323