Preview this TitleFight for the Right to Read: Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 Sit-Down Strike for Library Reading Equality
by Jeff Gottesfeld, Michelle Y. Green, and Kim Holt
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- PK-6
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2025
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- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Manifestations pour les droits de l'homme--Virginie--Alexandria--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Segregation--Virginia--Alexandria--History--Juvenile literature
- Bibliothe?ques publiques--Virginie--Alexandria--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Bibliothe?ques et personnes noires--Virginie--Alexandria--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- De?fenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs ame?ricains--Virginie--Alexandria--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Intellectual freedom--Juvenile literature
- Liberte? de pense?e--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- African American civil rights workers--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Libraries and African Americans--Juvenile literature
- Lawyers
- Bibliothe?ques et Noirs ame?ricains--Virginie--Alexandria--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Lawyers--Virginia--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African Americans and libraries
- Libraries and Black people--Virginia--Alexandria--Juvenile literature
- Public libraries--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements--Virginia--Alexandria--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights demonstrations--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction/Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism
- Tucker, Samuel Wilbert, 1913-1990
- Public libraries
- Freedom of information--Juvenile literature
- African Americans and libraries--Virginia--Alexandria--Juvenile literature
- Segregation
- Tucker, Samuel Wilbert, 1913-1990--Juvenile literature
- Mouvements des droits de l'homme--Virginie--Alexandria--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Civil rights demonstrations--Virginia--Alexandria--Juvenile literature
- Intellectual freedom
- Civil rights demonstrations
- Juvenile Nonfiction/Social Topics - Civil & Human Rights
- Juvenile Nonfiction/History - United States - 20th Century
- Se?gre?gation--Virginie--Alexandria--Histoire--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Civil rights workers--Virginia--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights workers
- De?fenseurs des droits de l'homme--Virginie--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Liberte? d'information--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Freedom of information
- Public libraries--Virginia--Alexandria--Juvenile literature
- African American civil rights workers--Virginia--Alexandria--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Segregation--Juvenile literature
- Libraries and Black people
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About the Authors 4
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Kid's Favorites Award, 2015-2026
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Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2026
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