The Young Crusaders: The Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers Who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement

by V P Franklin and V.P. Franklin

Book Overview

An authoritative history of the overlooked youth activists that spearheaded the largest protests of the Civil Rights Movement and set the blueprint for future generations of activists to follow.

Some of the most iconic images of the Civil Rights Movement are those of young people engaged in social activism, such as children and teenagers in 1963 being attacked by police in Birmingham with dogs and water hoses. But their contributions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080704007X
• ISBN13: 9780807040072
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"