Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961

by Larry Dane Brimner

Book Overview

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Winner

"An engaging and accessible account" for young readers about the Freedom Riders who led the landmark 1961 protests against segregation on buses (School Library Journal)

On May 4, 1961, a group of thirteen black and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Ride, aiming to challenge the practice of segregation on buses and at bus terminal facilities in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629795860
• ISBN13: 9781629795867
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.4" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 12