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Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this moving picture book that proves you’re never too little to make a difference.
Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks intended to go places and do things like anybody else.
So when she heard grown-ups talk about wiping out Birmingham’s segregation laws, she spoke up. As she listened to the preacher’s words, smooth as glass, she sat up tall. And when she heard the plan—picket those white stores! March to protest those unfair laws! Fill the jails!—she stepped right up and said, I’ll do it! She was going to j-a-a-il!
Audrey Faye Hendricks was confident and bold and brave as can be, and hers is the remarkable and inspiring story of one child’s role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition (January 17, 2017)
Language : English
Hardcover : 40 pages
ISBN-10 : 1481400703
ISBN-13 : 978-1481400701
Reading age : 5 – 12 years, from customers
Lexile measure : 720L
Grade level : Kindergarten – 5
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 10 x 0.4 x 10 inches
Customers say
Customers find the story inspiring and honest, making it a great way to teach young children about the civil rights movement. They enjoy the illustrations and character development. The book is timely with marches occurring again, and the writing style is described as beautiful and easy for little ones to read.
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