Civil Rights Movement & Vietnam 1960-1976

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Themes: Graphic Novels, Illustrated, History, Nonfiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Fast-paced and easy-to-read, these graphic U.S. history titles teach student about key historical events in American history from 1500 to the present. Dramatic and colorful graphics highlights the text with easy transitions, which avoids a choppy narrative. These history titles offer a variety of rich material to support teaching to the standards. Book features include: Four-color throughout; speech bubbles and illustrations allow struggling readers multiple access points to the text; speech bubbles (in yellow) are clearly separated from nonfiction (in blue).

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• Publié par: Saddleback Educational Publishing
• Date de parution: 23 août 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781602916951
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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THE C & I VIT A RIGHTS MOVEMENT

The Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam 1960–1976

Saddleback’sGraphic American History

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ISBN: 978159905367-7 eBook: 978160291695-1

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the civil rights movement and vietnam

When the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, making slavery illegal everywhere in the United States, was passed in the House of Representatives in 1865, there was wild cheering and great excitement.

At a meeting of the American Anti- Slavery Society in New York, William Lloyd Garrison proposed disbanding.

It is an absurdity to maintain an anti-slavery society after slavery is killed.

For the slaves themselves, a new way of life began.

But Wendell Phillips disagreed.

I fear you are too hopeful. To achieve civil equality before the law, for the Black American a struggle still lies ahead.

The struggle did continue. Some of the greatest civil rights achievements have taken place since World War II.

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Ralph Metcalf and Eddie Tolan also set records.

In the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Jesse Owens, a Black American athlete, broke several world records.

Adolph Hitler, the most bigoted racist leader of modern times, was furious. He left the stands rather than watch Owens and other African Americans receive their medals.