Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama

Explore a little-known story of the civil rights movement, in which black and white citizens in one Alabama city worked together nonviolently to end segregation.

Mention the civil rights era in Alabama, and most people recall images of terrible violence. But something different was happening in Huntsville. For the citizens of that city, creativity, courage, and cooperation were the keys to working together to integrate their city and schools in peace. In an engaging celebration of this lesser-known chapter in American and African-American history, author Hester Bass and illustrator E. B. Lewis show children how racial discrimination, bullying, and unfairness can be faced successfully with perseverance and ingenuity.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 01/27/2015
ISBN: 9780763669195
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.70h x 9.80w x 0.50d
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) - Silver Medal Winner
Award: Alabama Camellia Award - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Finalist

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2014
Publishers Weekly 11/17/2014
School Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 120
Booklist 02/01/2015 pg. 41
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 50

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 172163 / Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama
Reading Level: 4.6 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5