Civil-rights activists

Title
: 
Civil-rights activists

Author
: 
Foy, Debbie.

ISBN
: 
9781448866380
 
9781448870547

Edition
: 
1st ed.

Publication Information
: 
New York, NY : PowerKids Press, 2012.

Physical Description
: 
24 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Series
: 
Black history makers.

Contents
: 
What is an activist? -- Sojourner Truth -- Harriet Tubman -- Mary Seacole -- Frederick Douglass -- Marcus Garvey -- Rosa Parks -- Malcolm X -- Martin Luther King Jr. -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu -- Oprah Winfrey -- Other activists -- Timeline -- Legacy -- Glossary.

Subject Term
: 
African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
 
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
 
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
 
Civil rights workers -- Biography.
 
Human rights workers -- Biography.

Summary
: 
Briefly surveys the history of people of African origin who worked against racism and injustice and profiles notable figures from Sojourner Truth to the present, including Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, and Martin Luther King Jr.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)J 323.0922 FOYNonfiction Collection