Justice Rising
12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement
$33.24
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
24 February 2023
Summary
A celebration of twelve Black women who were pivotal to the civil rights movement and the fight for justice and equal rights in America. On the Black Caucus American Library Association’s Best of the Best 2023 List!
You’ve heard the names Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King, but what about the many other women who were crucial to the civil rights movement?
Told through twelve short biographies, this book celebrates just some of the many Black women—each of whom has been largely …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593403549 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0593403541 |
| Author: | Katheryn Russell-Brown, Kim Holt |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 24 February 2023 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 284mm x 224mm x 8mm |
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“A book worth uplifting.” – Kirkus
Praise for Justice Rising:“A book worth uplifting.” —Kirkus”…vibrant digital renderings from Holt provide expressive depictions of the individuals…the life stories offer an accessible platform for further investigation.” —Publishers Weekly”…an engaging primer on the women of the [civil rights] movement…perfectly pitched to a child’s perspective…this title will be a strong addition to history or biography collections.” —Booklist
About The Author
Katheryn Russell-Brown
Katheryn Russell-Brown is an American social scientist, professor of law, and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations at University of Florida Law School, with a specialty in race and crime, sociology of law, and criminal law. She is also the author of Little Melba and Her Big Trombone, A Voice Named Aretha, and She Was the First!, for which she was won the NAACP Image Award in 2021. Katheryn lives with her family in Florida.
Kim Holt is a children’s book illustrator who holds a BFA in animation from the Academy of Art University. Her goal as an artist is to create images that bring back memories and create pictures that make children wish they were inside the scenes. She is also the illustrator of Today Is Different and A Prayer for Our Country. Kim lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband and two dogs, where she drinks copious amounts of coffee and cooks up imaginative dinners for her family.
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