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A sweet smell of roses

A stirring yet jubilant glimpse of the youth involvement that played an invaluable role in the Civil Rights movement.

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Main Author:	Johnson, Angela, 1961-
Other Authors:	Velasquez, Eric
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2005.
Subjects:	Civil rights > Juvenile fiction. Picture books for children.
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Summary:	A stirring yet jubilant glimpse of the youth involvement that played an invaluable role in the Civil Rights movement. There's a sweet, sweet smell in the air as two young girls sneak out of their house, down the street, and across town to where men and women are gathered, ready to march for freedom and justice. Inspired by the countless young people who took a stand against the forces of injustice, two Coretta Scott King Honorees, Angela Johnson and Eric Velasquez, offer a stirring yet jubilant glimpse of the youth involvement that played an invaluable role in the Civil Rights movement.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 27 x 29 cm.
ISBN:	0689832524 :
Author Notes:	Angela Johnson was born on June 18, 1961 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She attended Kent State University and worked with Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) as a child development worker. She has written numerous children's books including Tell Me a Story, Mama, Shoes like Miss Alice, Looking for Red, A Cool Moonlight and Lily Brown's Paintings. She won the Coretta Scott King Author's Award three times for Toning the Sweep in 1994, for Heaven in 1999, and for The First Part Last in 2004, which also won the Michael L. Printz Award. In 2003, she was named a MacArthur fellow. (Bowker Author Biography)