Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights - Paperback
by Jim Haskins
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jim Haskins, Benny Andrews (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2008-09-23Pages:32
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9780763638801ISBN-10:763638803UPC:9780763638801Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Topic:Social Activists, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Politics & GovernmentSize:11.74 x 8.18 x 0.12 inchesWeight:0.3814Product ID:SCT79R5FSQ
Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights
A gripping biography of the mail carrier who orchestrated the Great Savannah boycott -- and was instrumental in bringing equality to his community. "Grow up and be somebody," Westley Wallace Law's grandmother encouraged him as a young boy living in poverty in segregated Savannah, Georgia. Determined to make a difference in his community, W.W. Law assisted blacks in registering to vote, joined the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9780763638801ISBN-10:763638803UPC:9780763638801Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Topic:Social Activists, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Politics & GovernmentSize:11.74 x 8.18 x 0.12 inchesWeight:0.3814Product ID:SCT79R5FSQ
JIM HASKINS, the author of more than one hundred books, has an unparalleled background in nonfiction for young readers. He received the Coretta Scott King Medal for THE STORY OF STEVIE WONDER, and several other of his titles were named Coretta Scott King Honor Books. What the author most admires about W. W. Law, he says, is "his complete dedication to the causes in which he believed -- first...
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