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National Geographic Kids, 2005-27-12

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

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

Ann Bausum, Author

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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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Keywords and Themes: African American & Black • Biography & Autobiography • Cultural & Regional • History • JNF007050 • JNF018010 • JNF025210 • Juvenile Nonfiction • United States - 20th Century

Age Range • 10-14

Pages • 80

Subjects • African American civil rights workers • Civil rights workers • United States • Lewis • John • Zwerg • Jim • African Americans • Civil rights • Southern States • History • 20th century • Civil rights movements • Race relations • Southern states

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural & Regional • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century • Juvenile Nonfiction | African American & Black

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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