Get on the Bus

Can you imagine not being allowed to use a public bathroom or to go to school with other children? There was a time in our country when African Americans faced this kind of discrimination - and worse - just because of the color of their skin. In April issue, we look closely at an event in the civil rights movement that helped to end all that: the Freedom Rides of 1961. Meet the key people who tried to peacefully enact change even while they endured cursing, arrest, and vicious beatings just for getting on a bus. See how music gave them hope. Gain insight into what the federal government was thinking during these rides for freedom. The issue also includes two eye-opening interviews: Congressman and longtime civil rights leader John Lewis shares an eyewitness view of what was going through his mind as one of the riders on the buses, and we meet Hank and Mardi Swain, who describe their personal experiences during the famous 1963 March on Washington. Don't miss this issue that provides examples of everyday people whose efforts to simply seek justice landed them in the history books as American heroes.

Paperback  48 pgs.  Full Color
Suggested for ages: 9-14
Product Code: COB0804