Freedom's Children (26 page)
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Authors: Ellen S. Levine
See also
Singing.
Singing.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Baker, Ella
COFO formation
King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr., president of
organizing of
Selma marches
Taylor, Fred
“Southern Manifesto,”
Steele, John
Stewart, Shelley
Stores
Children's Crusade's effect on
demonstrations/marches/sit-ins
segregation in
Strange Fruit
(book)
(book)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
COFO formation
DeBerry, Roy
Huntsville, AL sit-ins
Moses, Bob
organizing of
Patton, Gwendolyn
Simpson, Euvester
voter registration
Sunday School bombing (Sixteenth Street Church, Birmingham, AL)
Supreme Court, U.S.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
interstate bus ruling
Montgomery bus decision
Swimming pools, segregation of
Tarver, Judy
Taxicabs, segregation of
Taylor, Fred
Teachers
Montgomery, AL
Holly Springs, MS
integrated schools, in
Little Rock, AR
McComb, MS
segregated schools, in
Selma, AL
See also
Schools;
specific schools.
Schools;
specific schools.
Telephone booths, segregation of
Thomas, Jefferson.
See also
Little Rock Nine.
See also
Little Rock Nine.
Till, Emmett
Train stations, segregation of
Tubman, Harriet
Tuskegee University
University of Alabama
Vivian, Reverend C. T.
Voter registration
Chaney, Ben
DeBerry, Roy
Hinkle, Towanner
Howard, Princella
James Earl Chaney Foundation
Martin, Larry
Mississippi
Selma, AL
Simpson, Euvester
Webb, Sheyann
Williams, Gladis
See also
Voting rights.
Voting rights.
Voting rights
Selma-to-Montgomery marches
See also
Voter registration.
Voter registration.
Voting Rights Act of
Wallace, George (Alabama governor)
Walls, Carlotta.
See also
Little Rock Nine.
See also
Little Rock Nine.
Washington, Booker T.
Water fountains, segregation of
“We Shall Overcome,”
Webb, Sheyann
Wesley, Cynthia
White churches
White, Paul
Whitney, Eli
Williams, Gladis
Williams, Hosea
Winona, MS
Women's Political Council
Woolworthâs
Wright, Frankie
Wright, Judy
Wright, Richard
Young, Reverend Andrew
Ellen Levine was born in New York City. She has a master's degree in political science from the University of Chicago and a Juris Doctor degree from New York University School of Law.
Her interest in social issues led to her involvement in the civil rights movement during the 1960s. Several of her books for children are about civil and human rights subjects, including
A Fence Away from Freedom,
which concerns the Japanese-American internment camps during World War II.
A Fence Away from Freedom,
which concerns the Japanese-American internment camps during World War II.
Ellen Levine divides her time between New York City and Salem, New York.
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courtesy Aviva Futorian
2
courtesy Jim Peppler
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