In this inspiring collection of true stories, thirty African-Americans who were children or teenagers in the 1950s and 1960s talk about what it was like for them to fight segregation in the South-to sit in an all-white restaurant and demand to be served, to refuse to give up a seat at the front of the bus, to be among the first to integrate the public schools, and to face violence, arrest, and even death for the cause of freedom.<br><br>"Thrilling...Nothing short of wonderful."-<i>The New York Times</i><br><br>Awards:<br><br>( A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year<br>( A BOOKLIST Editors' Choice
