Young Crusaders: The Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers Who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement

This book explores the overlooked roles and contributions of children, teens, and young adults during the Civil Rights Moment. It makes a case for how these activists set the scene and fashioned the blueprint for the future generations of activists.

Hundreds of thousands of young people participated in sit ins, protests and strikes, school campaigns, and faced the harassment of racist civilians and law enforcement. The author will pay tribute to their ingenuity in campaign and action organizing tactics to address issues that intersected with race — for people of all and any races -- including poverty, educational inequality, employment, and more. These movements shed light on movements today, such as Black Lives Matter. Highlighting the voices of the participants themselves, the author creates a refined narrative with historic photography of youth’s political actions.

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