Post by Mary on Mar 2, 2006 12:30:23 GMT -5
"If not us, then who? If not now, then when? Will there be a better day for it tomorrow or next year? Will it be less dangerous then? Will someone else's children have to risk their lives instead of us risking ours?" -- John Lewis
May 16, 1961, to other Nashville students considering joining the Freedom Rides
I thought this was a strong nonfiction book. It compares and contrasts the childhoods of John Robert Lewis, an African American man from Alabama, and James Zwerg, a white man from Wisconsin, in a way that helps young readers understand the segregated experience of our country's past. It then moves into sharing information about Freedom Rides and the Civil Rights Movement. The backmatter includes a timeline, resource guide, a list of citations, and a fairly extensive bibliography. I think this book should certainly be on our Mock Sibert reading list.
May 16, 1961, to other Nashville students considering joining the Freedom Rides
I thought this was a strong nonfiction book. It compares and contrasts the childhoods of John Robert Lewis, an African American man from Alabama, and James Zwerg, a white man from Wisconsin, in a way that helps young readers understand the segregated experience of our country's past. It then moves into sharing information about Freedom Rides and the Civil Rights Movement. The backmatter includes a timeline, resource guide, a list of citations, and a fairly extensive bibliography. I think this book should certainly be on our Mock Sibert reading list.
