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Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights
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Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement Hardback - 2005

by Ann Bausum

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Examining the lives of two Nashvillians--one white and one black--in a way that helps young readers understand the segregated experience of the nation's past, Bausum shows how a common interest in justice enabled these young men to meet as Freedom Riders on a bus journey south. Photos.

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Freedom Riders compares and contrasts the childhoods of John Lewis and James Zwerg in a way that helps young readers understand the segregated experience of our nation's past. It shows how a common interest in justice created the convergent path that enabled these young men to meet as Freedom Riders on a bus journey south.

No other book on the Freedom Riders has used such a personal perspective. These two young men, empowered by their successes in the Nashville student movement, were among those who volunteered to continue the Freedom Rides after violence in Anniston, Alabama, left the original bus in flames with the riders injured and in retreat. Lewis and Zwerg joined the cause knowing their own fate could be equally harsh, if not worse. The journey they shared as freedom riders through the Deep South changed not only their own lives but our nation's history.

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  • Title Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement
  • Author Ann Bausum
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 80
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher National Geographic Kids, Washington, DC
  • Publication date December 27, 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780792241737 / 0792241738
  • Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.04 x 8.9 x 0.51 in (28.04 x 22.61 x 1.30 cm)
  • Age range 10 to 14 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 9
  • Reading level 1090
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
  • Library of Congress subjects Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005012947
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • ALA Best Books Young Adults, 01/01/2007, Page 1
  • Booklist, 02/01/2006, Page 60
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2007, Page 12
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 04/01/2006, Page 342
  • Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2006, Page 339
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2006, Page 376
  • School Library Journal, 05/01/2006, Page 140
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 08/01/2006, Page 264

About the author

Ann Bausum writes about US history for young people. Her books consistently earn prominent national recognition. Denied, Detained, Deported was named the 2010 Carter G. Woodson Book Award winner at the secondary school level from the National Council for the Social Studies. Muckrakers earned the Golden Kite Award as best nonfiction book of the year from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Freedom Riders gained the Robert F. Sibert Honor designation from the American Library Association, and With Courage and Cloth received the Jane Addams Children's Book Award as the year's best book on social justice issues for older readers.
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