A Voice from the Civil Rights Era

(Hardback)

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Frankye Regis recounts her childhood as a black girl growing up in rural segregated Mississippi during the 1960s and 70s Frankye Regis recounts her childhood as a black girl growing up in rural segregated Mississippi during the 1960s and 70s. She was a farmer's daughter, one of eight children, who spent her summer vacations picking cotton in her father's fields. She wouldn't dare look a white person in the eye if she passed one on the street. Her high school was not integrated until 1980, 25 years after segregated schools were made illegal. Throughout her first-person memoir, Regis provides the history of the civil rights movement in an accessible manner to help students place the personal narrative in its historical context. Original and historical photographs are provided. This is the third book in a new series, Voices of Twentieth Century Conflict, directed towards secondary school students. Each story in this series is told through personal vignettes and reflections that chronicle the life and times of the author with historical context unifying and clarifying the events. The lively writing style and engaging stories help history come alive for students. Also included are a series foreword, timeline, glossary, and Questions for Discussion and Reflection for each chapter. Part of the Voices of Twentieth-Century Conflict series A first-person account of a historic series of events

Reviews

[B]ecuase of its inclusion of harder-to-find writers and its single-volume convenience, it is recommended for academic and public libraries.-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Sandwiched between a civil rights time line and a section of questions for review and reflection, illustrated with family snapshots, this mix of personal and public history reads like a collection of separate pieces but offers students an unusual vantage from which to view the African-American struggle for civil rights.-Multicultural Review
The juxtaposition of history and personal narrative is effective.-School Library Journal
"Becuase of its inclusion of harder-to-find writers and its single-volume convenience, it is recommended for academic and public libraries."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"Sandwiched between a civil rights time line and a section of questions for review and reflection, illustrated with family snapshots, this mix of personal and public history reads like a collection of separate pieces but offers students an unusual vantage from which to view the African-American struggle for civil rights."-Multicultural Review
"The juxtaposition of history and personal narrative is effective."-School Library Journal
"[B]ecuase of its inclusion of harder-to-find writers and its single-volume convenience, it is recommended for academic and public libraries."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

Author Bio

FRANKYE REGIS is Editorial Assistant at the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. She has been a reporter and columnist for the New Haven Register, Cox Newspapers/Washington, D.C., Bureau, and the Los Angeles Times.