Twelve Days in May, Larry Dane Brimner
Twelve Days in May, Larry Dane Brimner
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Twelve Days in May
Freedom Ride 1961

Author: Larry Dane Brimner

Narrator: Kevin R. Free

Unabridged: 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/13/2024


Synopsis

On May 4, 1961, thirteen activists—black and white, young and old, male and female—board two buses in Washington, D.C., for New Orleans, Louisiana. Their Freedom Ride will last just twelve days. But their mission is clear. The laws prohibiting segregation on buses crossing state lines and at bus stations are being violated. These Freedom Riders are determined to draw attention to the laws’ lack of enforcement. But what starts as a peaceful protest turns violent as they travel deeper into the South.

This is their story.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
An ALA Notable Children’s Book
Booklist Editors’ Choice
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books

“Brimner … presents a straightforward narrative approach to the subject that will appeal to readers. … An essential part of civil rights collections and a worthy addition to all nonfiction shelves.”—School Library Journal, starred review

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ed on June 20, 2020

Short informative account of the Freedom Riders, and the violence they encountered. Lots of interesting photos included.......more

Goodreads review by Sunday on December 22, 2017

Get this into your classroom. Book talk this with your students, read aloud excerpts, and then leave for them to grab up. Make this part of an integrated unit of study. Buy a set for small groups to read and discuss. Spend time looking closely at the photographs. Introduce words like perseverance, d......more

Goodreads review by Amy on August 09, 2018

Sibert Medal (2018) - The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, established by the Association for Library Service to Children in 2001 with support from Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc., is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book publishe......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne on November 24, 2017

This book is a great resource for students or classes studying the Civil Rights Movement and especially the Freedom Riders. It is packed with archival photos of the riders, as well as images of other protests such as marches and sit-ins. Key figures in the Freedom Ride such as the riders, organizers......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on March 24, 2018

It is hard to imagine the courage it took for those 13 men and women to board those two Greyhound buses on May 4, 1961 as the Freedom Riders set off from Washington, D.C. bound for New Orleans, Louisiana. They surely knew some of what they might face as they attempt to highlight how the law is being......more