Book
Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961
- Published
- 2017
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Pages
- 112
- Words
- 8912
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 7.0
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 1080L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 10–17
For twelve days in May 1961, black and white civil-rights activists, also known as the "Freedom Riders," traveled by bus into the South to draw attention to the unconstitutional segregation still taking place. The text contains racial violence.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781629795867
- ISBN-10
- 1629795860
Tags
ALSC NotablesHistory-American/U.S. HistoryNonfictionPeople-African AmericanSocial Issues-Justice/Legal IssuesSocial Issues-ViolenceTransportation/Vehicles-Buses