A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s-1960s AmErica in spare and evocative verse, with historical photos interspersed throughout.
Complete with historical photographs, author\'s note, chronology of events, research, and sources..
A poignant, powerful, all-too-timely collection that is both a vital history lesson and much-needed conversation starter in our modern world.
In stunning verse and vivid use of white space, Erica Martin\'s debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement--from the well-documented events that shaped the nation\'s treatment of Black people, beginning with the Separate but Equal ruling--and introduces lesser-known figures and moments that were just as crucial to the Movement and our nation\'s centuries-long fight for justice and equality.
A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s-1960s AmErica in spare and evocative verse, with historical photos interspersed throughout