Seeds of freedom the peaceful integration of Huntsville, Alabama

Mention the Civil Rights era in Alabama, and most people recall images of terrible violence. But something different was happening in Huntsville. For the citizens of that city, creativity, courage, and cooperation were the keys to working together to integrate their city and schools in peace. In an...

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Main Author: Bass, Hester, 1956- (Author)
Other Authors: Lewis, Earl B. (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:Mention the Civil Rights era in Alabama, and most people recall images of terrible violence. But something different was happening in Huntsville. For the citizens of that city, creativity, courage, and cooperation were the keys to working together to integrate their city and schools in peace. In an engaging celebration of this lesser-known chapter in American and African-American history, author Hester Bass and illustrator E. B. Lewis show children how racial discrimination, bullying, and unfairness can be faced successfully with perseverance and ingenuity.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Audience:Elementary Grade.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0763669199
9780763669195
Author Notes:Hester Bass is the author of the picture-book biography The Secret World of Walter Anderson , which won an Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, as well as the picture book So Many Houses, illustrated by Alik Arzoumanian. Formerly residing in Huntsville, Alabama, she now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

E. B. Lewis is the illustrator of more than thirty books for children, including The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass. Among his many honors are a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes, as well as four Coretta Scott King Honor Awards. He lives in Folsom, New Jersey.