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To the Mountaintop : My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement by Charlayne Hunter-Gault (2012, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoaring Brook Press
ISBN-101596436050
ISBN-139781596436053
eBay Product ID (ePID)109099274
Product Key Features
Book TitleTo the Mountaintop : My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBiography & Autobiography / Literary, People & Places / United States / African American, Biography & Autobiography / General, Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism, People & Places / United States / General, Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage, History / United States / 20th Century
Publication Year2012
IllustratorYes
GenreYoung Adult Nonfiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
AuthorCharlayne Hunter-Gault
Book SeriesNew York Times Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight20.1 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
LCCN2011-020894
Reviews"Emotionally engaging, eye-opening, and thoroughly accessible, this historical memoir (published in association with the New York Times) illustrates how the personal becomes political by placing the author's individual battle for equal education in the context of the larger civil rights movement." -- Publishers Weekly , Starred Review, Emotionally engaging, eye-opening, and thoroughly accessible, this historical memoir (published in association with the New York Times) illustrates how the personal becomes political by placing the author's individual battle for equal education in the context of the larger civil rights movement., The book deftly combines memoir and history, and includes many full-text articles from the New York Times 's coverage of the period., "The book deftly combines memoir and history, and includes many full-text articles from the New York Times 's coverage of the period." -- VOYA "This powerful complement to the civil rights canon draws a compelling line from the beginnings of the m"ovement 'to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which opened the door to the long corridor that led to the White House in January 2009.'" -- Booklist, Starred Review "...informed and passionate." -- School Library Journal, Starred Review "This gracefully written history affirms the importance of the struggle, the difficulties, and the efforts of so many, echoing an Obama campaign statement, 'I stand on the shoulders of giants.'" -- Horn Book Magazine "Emotionally engaging, eye-opening, and thoroughly accessible, this historical memoir (published in association with the New York Times) illustrates how the personal becomes political by placing the author's individual battle for equal education in the context of the larger civil rights movement." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review, "…informed and passionate."-- School Library Journal, Starred Review "This gracefully written history affirms the importance of the struggle, the difficulties, and the efforts of so many, echoing an Obama campaign statement, 'I stand on the shoulders of giants.'"-- Horn Book Magazine "Emotionally engaging, eye-opening, and thoroughly accessible, this historical memoir (published in association with the New York Times) illustrates how the personal becomes political by placing the author's individual battle for equal education in the context of the larger civil rights movement." -- Publishers Weekly , Starred Review, "The book deftly combines memoir and history, and includes many full-text articles from the New York Times 's coverage of the period."-- VOYA "This powerful complement to the civil rights canon draws a compelling line from the beginnings of the m"ovement 'to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which opened the door to the long corridor that led to the White House in January 2009.'"-- Booklist, Starred Review "…informed and passionate."-- School Library Journal , Starred Review "This gracefully written history affirms the importance of the struggle, the difficulties, and the efforts of so many, echoing an Obama campaign statement, 'I stand on the shoulders of giants.'"-- Horn Book Magazine "Emotionally engaging, eye-opening, and thoroughly accessible, this historical memoir (published in association with the New York Times) illustrates how the personal becomes political by placing the author's individual battle for equal education in the context of the larger civil rights movement." -- Publishers Weekly , Starred Review, This gracefully written history affirms the importance of the struggle, the difficulties, and the efforts of so many, echoing an Obama campaign statement, 'I stand on the shoulders of giants.', This powerful complement to the civil rights canon draws a compelling line from the beginnings of the m"ovement 'to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which opened the door to the long corridor that led to the White House in January 2009.'
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromSeventh Grade
Dewey Decimal070.92 B
SynopsisA personal history of the civil rights movement from activist and acclaimed journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault. On January 20, 2009, 1.8 million people crowded the grounds of the Capitol to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama. Among the masses was Charlayne Hunter-Gault. She had flown from South Africa for the occasion, to witness what was for many the culmination of the long struggle for civil rights in the United States. In this compelling personal history, she uses the event to look back on her own involvement in the civil rights movement, as one of two black students who forced the University of Georgia to integrate, and to relate the pivotal events that swept the South as the movement gathered momentum through the early 1960s. With poignant black-and-white photos, original articles from the New York Times , and a unique personal viewpoint, this is a moving tribute to the men and women on whose shoulders Obama stood., A personal history of the civil rights movement from activist and acclaimed journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault. On January 20, 2009, 1.8 million people crowded the grounds of the Capitol to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama. Among the masses was Charlayne Hunter-Gault. She had flown from South Africa for the occasion, to witness what was for many the culmination of the long struggle for civil rights in the United States. In this compelling personal history, she uses the event to look back on her own involvement in the civil rights movement, as one of two black students who forced the Universityof Georgia to integrate, and to relate the pivotal events that swept the South as the movement gathered momentum through the early 1960s. With poignant black-and-white photos, original articles from the New York Times , and a unique personal viewpoint, this is a moving tribute to the men and women on whose shoulders Obama stood.
LC Classification NumberPN4874.H83A3 2012
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