Format:
Book
Title:
Medgar Evers / Ann Weil.
Author:
Weil, Ann.
Call Number:
j323.092 Evers
Publisher, Date:
Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2013.
Description:
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map, geneal. table ; 25 cm.
Summary:
A biography on Medgar Evers, the civil rights activist and martyr from Mississippi.
Target Audience Note:
"Level Q"--P. [4] of cover.
Series:
American biographies
American biographies (Heinemann Library (Firm))
Subjects:
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 -- Juvenile literature.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Biography.
African American civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- Biography.
Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
Mississippi -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Jackson (Miss.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mississippi -- Race relations.
Jackson (Miss.) -- Biography.
Contents:
A civil rights hero and martyr -- Growing up in Mississippi -- From soldier to activist -- The fight for civil rights -- "M is for Mississippi and murder" -- The murder of Medgar Evers -- After Medgar, no more fear -- Timeline -- Family tree.
ISBN:
9781432964658 (pbk.)
1432964658 (pbk.)
9781432964542 (lib. bdg.)
1432964542 (lib. bdg.)