Thirty African-American men and women who were children during the mid-twentieth century Civil Rights Movement recall its impact on them: what it was like to have your home bombed; to be jailed for civil disobedience; to be the first African-American youth integrated into an all-white classroom or school; to witness or take part in non-violent acts; to be inspired by the actions of the community. Recounted with invaluable first-hand insight and commentary and well organized in a meaningful sequence, the remembered experiences range from Segregation, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Integration, Sit-ins and Freedom Rides to the Children's Crusade, Mississippi Freedom Summer and the Selma Movement. Readers the same ages as these former "children of crisis" can glimpse moral courage and principled action through the compelling accounts. (Age 10 and older)

In this inspiring collection of true stories, thirty African-Americans who were children or teenagers in the 1950s and 1960s talk about what it was like for them to fight segregation in the South-to sit in an all-white restaurant and demand to be served, to refuse to give up a seat at the front of the bus, to be among the first to integrate the public schools, and to face violence, arrest, and even death for the cause of freedom.

"Thrilling...Nothing short of wonderful."-The New York Times

Awards:

( A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
( A Booklist Editors' Choice