Child of the Civil Rights Movement

Paula Young Shelton (A) and Ralu Colo (ILT)

List Price: $7.99  (Paperback - African American History / Civil Rights Era - 2009)

Two parents decide to return with their three daughters to the Deep South during the time of the Freedom Riders, the early 1960s, returning to Georgia where Jim Crow laws exist. The family tests these laws by going to a Holiday Inn restaurant where they are refused entry. Despite the little girl cries and her mother pleas, the restaurant staff turns them away. (48 pgs) Ages 4-8

Grade Level: Preschool - 3
Lexile Measure: 960L 
Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 0.2 x 11 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces