| Description |
iv, 172 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
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age Children |
| Contents |
A note to the reader -- "Bottom rail top" -- "Boys, let us get up a club" -- "I was killed at Chickamauga" -- "Worms would have been eating me now" -- "They say a man ought not to vote" -- "I am going to die on this land" -- "A whole race trying to go to school" -- "They must have somebody to guide them" -- "Forced by force, to use force" -- "The sacredness of the human person" -- Epilogue : "it tuck a long time" -- Time line of the civil rights movement. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-168) and index. |
| Summary |
Documents the history and origin of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginning in Pulaski, Tennessee, and provides personal accounts, congressional documents, diaries, and more. |
| Awards |
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011 |
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Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2011 |
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YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist, 2011 |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 9.2 7 138631. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo. |
| Subject |
Ku Klux Klan (19th century) -- Juvenile literature.
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Ku Klux Klan (19th century) |
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Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Juvenile literature.
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Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) |
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Racism -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Racism. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Hate groups -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Hate groups. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Juvenile works.
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| Subject |
Racism. |
| ISBN |
9780618440337 |
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061844033X |
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0544225821 |
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9780544225824 |
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