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Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama
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Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama Paperback - 2018

by Hester Bass; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)

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From the publisher

"Unflinchingly honest and jubilantly hopeful, this is nonfiction storytelling at its best." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Mention the civil rights era in Alabama and most people recall images of terrible violence. But for the citizens of Huntsville, creativity, courage, and cooperation were the keys to working together to integrate their city and schools in peace. This engaging celebration of a lesser-known chapter in American and African-American history shows how racial discrimination, bullying, and unfairness can be faced successfully with perseverance and ingenuity.

Details

  • Title Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama
  • Author Hester Bass; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Candlewick Press (MA)
  • Publication date 2018
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780763695163 / 0763695165
  • Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.9 x 9 x 0.2 in (25.15 x 22.86 x 0.51 cm)
  • Age range 05 to 08 years
  • Grade levels K - 3
  • Reading level 830
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Huntsville (Ala.) - Race relations - History, African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2018300781
  • Dewey Decimal Code 379.263

About the author

Hester Bass is the author of the picture-book biography The Secret World of Walter Anderson, which won an Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, as well as the picture book So Many Houses, illustrated by Alik Arzoumanian. Formerly residing in Huntsville, Alabama, she now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

E. B. Lewis is the illustrator of more than thirty books for children, including The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass. Among his many honors are a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes, as well as four Coretta Scott King Honor Awards. He lives in Folsom, New Jersey.

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