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The Road to Memphis

1992-06-01 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 1992-06-01
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 987/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Road to Memphis by : Mildred D. Taylor

Download or read book The Road to Memphis written by Mildred D. Taylor. This book was released on 1992-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cassie recounts harrowing events during late 1941. An engrossing picture of fine young people endeavoring to find the right way in a world that persistently wrongs them." --Kirkus Reviews

The Road to Memphis

2016-04-12 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2016-04-12
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 559/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Road to Memphis by : Mildred D. Taylor

Download or read book The Road to Memphis written by Mildred D. Taylor. This book was released on 2016-04-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning repackage of a companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, with cover art by two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner Kadir Nelson! As America hovers on the brink of war, seventeen year-old Cassie Logan fights a battle closer to home. She dreams of college and law school. But no amount of schooling can prepare her for the violent explosion that takes place when her friend Moe lashes out at his white tormentors--an action unheard of in Mississippi as the country prepares for World War II. Moe will be in even greater danger if he stays in town, so it is up to Cassie, her brother, and their friends to accompany Moe on the road to Memphis--and to safety. "Cassie recounts harrowing events during late 1941. An engrossing picture of fine young people endeavoring to find the right way in a world that persistently wrongs them."—Kirkus Reviews "An enlightening, moving novel."—Publishers Weekly

Let the Circle Be Unbroken

2016-04-12 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2016-04-12
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 540/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Let the Circle Be Unbroken by : Mildred D. Taylor

Download or read book Let the Circle Be Unbroken written by Mildred D. Taylor. This book was released on 2016-04-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning repackage of a companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, with cover art by two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner Kadir Nelson! It is a frightening and turbulent time for the Logan family. First, their friend T.J. must go on trial for murder--and confront an all-white jury. Then, Cousin Suzella tries to pass for white, with humiliating consequences. And when Cassie's neighbor, Mrs. Lee Annie, stands up for her right to vote, she and her family are driven from their home. Other neighbors are destroyed and shattered by the greed of landowners. But through it all, Cassie and the Logans stand together and stand proud--proving that courage, love, and understanding can defy even the deepest prejudice. "This dramatic sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a powerful novel . . .capable of touching readers of any age."—The Christian Science Monitor "A profoundly affecting novel."—Publishers Weekly

The Land

2001 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2001
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 507/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Land by : Mildred D. Taylor

Download or read book The Land written by Mildred D. Taylor. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Civil War Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother, finds himself caught between the two worlds of colored folks and white folks as he pursues his dream of owning land of his own.

Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign

2011-02-07 History
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Release : 2011-02-07
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 329/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign by : Michael K. Honey

Download or read book Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign written by Michael K. Honey. This book was released on 2011-02-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of the epic struggle for economic justice that became Martin Luther King Jr.'s last crusade. Memphis in 1968 was ruled by a paternalistic "plantation mentality" embodied in its good-old-boy mayor, Henry Loeb. Wretched conditions, abusive white supervisors, poor education, and low wages locked most black workers into poverty. Then two sanitation workers were chewed up like garbage in the back of a faulty truck, igniting a public employee strike that brought to a boil long-simmering issues of racial injustice. With novelistic drama and rich scholarly detail, Michael Honey brings to life the magnetic characters who clashed on the Memphis battlefield: stalwart black workers; fiery black ministers; volatile, young, black-power advocates; idealistic organizers and tough-talking unionists; the first black members of the Memphis city council; the white upper crust who sought to prevent change or conflagration; and, finally, the magisterial Martin Luther King Jr., undertaking a Poor People's Campaign at the crossroads of his life, vilified as a subversive, hounded by the FBI, and seeing in the working poor of Memphis his hopes for a better America.

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