Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk About the Civil Rights Movement With the People Who Made It Happen - Hardcover

King, Casey; Osborne, Linda Barrett

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679858563 ISBN 13: 9780679858560

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1997

Synopsis

A personal look at the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s in a provocative and engrossing book that is filled with passionate stories and important information. Choosing from 500 interviews that fourth graders from Washington, D.C., conducted with their parents, grandparents, neighbors, and friends, the authors compiled a historical account of how ordinary people made a difference during the civil rights movement. With a forward by Rosa Parks, Oh, Freedom! also includes interviews with a few legendary participants, including James Farmer (organizer of the Freedom Rides) and Walter Fauntroy (chairman of the March on Washington). Besides the dozens of archival photographs of important moments during the movement, readers will see photographic portraits of the kids and adults who took part in the interviews, In addition, three introductory essays detail each phase of the movement. Educators, librarians, and parents will be thrilled to have such an appealing and unique book to share with children.  

About this title

About the Author

Casey King is a writer and an award-winning documentary filmmaker who founded the Tanner Film Group, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting racial harmony through the media. He has taught in Washington, D.C. schools. This is his first children's book.

Linda Barrett Osborne is an award-winning short story writer, an editor, and a book reviewer for both The Washington Post and the New York Times.

From the Back Cover

ook at the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s in a provocative and engrossing book that is filled with passionate stories and important information. Choosing from 500 interviews that fourth graders from Washington, D.C., conducted with their parents, grandparents, neighbors, and friends, the authors compiled a historical account of how ordinary people made a difference during the civil rights movement. With a forward by Rosa Parks, Oh, Freedom! also includes interviews with a few legendary participants, including James Farmer (organizer of the Freedom Rides) and Walter Fauntroy (chairman of the March on Washington). Besides the dozens of archival photographs of important moments during the movement, readers will see photographic portraits of the kids and adults who took part in the interviews, In addition, three introductory essays detail each phase of the movement. Educators, librarians, and parents will be thrilled to have such an appealing and unique book to share with childr

Edition details

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679858563
• ISBN 13: 9780679858560
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Brooks Joe