The National Civil Rights Museum celebrates everyday people

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Label

The National Civil Rights Museum celebrates everyday people

Statement of responsibility

Alice Faye Duncan ; photos by J. Gerard Smith

Creator

• Duncan, Alice Faye

Contributor

• Smith, J. Gerard

Subject

• United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
• Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• African Americans -- Civil rights
• National Civil Rights Museum -- Juvenile literature
• African Americans -- Civil rights -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

Located in the former Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King, Jr., was slain, the National Civil Rights Museum's interactive exhibits re-create key events in the struggle for equality. Filled with striking full-color photos, this book offers a "you are there" tour of the museum. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the National Civil Rights Museum. The history, purpose, and contents of the National Civil Rights Museum built on the spot where Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot. Color photographs of different parts of the museum are juxtaposed with black-and-white photographs of scenes from the civil rights struggle. Chronology, list of further readings, bibliography, & index

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

323.1/196073/007476819

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

E185.615

LC item number

.D83 1995

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

juvenile