Articles liés à Stand Up!: Fighting for Civil Rights
Synopsis
Jackie Robinson plays his first game for the Dodgers in 1947. Hundreds of people boycott buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Seventeen people are killed in a march for voting equality. Two athletes at the 1968 Olympics hold up their fists in a Black Power salute. These powerful moments in the American Civil Rights Movement brought racial inequality into the public eye and transformed the United States' social and legal structure. Flash Points: Stand Up! examines these moments in history, as African Americans fought and won battles for equal treatment.
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À propos de l'auteur
Eleanor Cardell grew up in Los Angeles. She is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, where she studied English and psychology, and she currently lives with her cat in Davis.
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