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Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated schoolroom to the 1963 March on Washington, and from receiving beatings from state troopers to receiving the Medal of Freedom from the first African-American president.Now, to share his remarkable story with
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Legend has it that Davy Crockett, at the age of three, wrestled a bear. It's also been said that he could smile a raccoon out of a tree. As with most legends, this one was based in some truth. Davy Crockett was a great frontiersman and hunter of bears. This illustrated volume takes a look at the man and how the legend was made. Comic book style illustrations depict Crockett's real and exaggerated exploits. Before they know it, readers will want to...
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Language
English
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"Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress, where she served for seven terms. She worked to improve the lives of children in need and was an outspoken champion of women's rights. In 1972, she was the first Black person ever to seek the nomination of President of the United States from a major party. This is her story." --Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
March volume 1
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement."--Back cover flap.
This graphic novel presents the life of Georgia congressman John Lewis, focusing on his youth in rural Alabama, his meeting with...
5) Run: Book 1
Author
Series
Run (John Lewis) volume 1
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"To John Lewis, the civil rights movement came to an end with the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. But that was after more than five years as one of the preeminent figures of the movement, leading sit-in protests and fighting segregation on interstate busways as an original Freedom Rider. It was after becoming chairman of SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and being the youngest speaker at the March on Washington. It was...
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