Mississippi Challenge

by Mildred Pitts Walter

Book Overview

Describes the struggle for civil rights for the blacks in Mississippi, from the time of slavery to the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0027923010
• ISBN13: 9780027923018
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7

Customer Reviews

Mississippi Challenge

This book was written for teenagers, I think and has won at least one important award (Coretta Scott King, I think). But it's a very good introduction to an intricate political situation, actually a long history of oppression. Well researched and dispassionately written, these facts that show part of the injustices at every level during the Civil Rights Movement. It is everyone's history, but it's part of a large body of nearly erased history. Called a challenge because there is not a clear win, is demonstrates many of the shameful aspects of our democratic system. Particularly pertinent at a time of cries for campaign reform. Kudos to the author, Mildred Pitts Walter!