Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
by Rubin, Susan Goldman
Golden Kite Award/Honor BookBooklist Editors' ChoiceSydney Taylor Award/HonorCarter G. Woodson Award/HonorU.S.American/U.S. History12Junior Library Guild Selection
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AR Book Level
6.9
AR Points
4
Word Count
25,331
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
165199 EN
About this book
This award-winning account introduces the efforts of student volunteers who traveled to Mississippi in 1964 to encourage African Americans to exercise their right to vote and discusses the violent resistance they faced from supporters of segregation.