Brimner, Larry Dane Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1962,
97 pages. NON-FICTION. Calkins Creek,
2017. $19.
In May 1961, thirteen people, both black and white, boarded
two buses in Washington D.C. to test federal laws from 1947 that don’t allow
segregation in bus terminals for interstate buses. On the fifth day of the journey things start
to get difficult and by the time they get to Alabama, the entire United States
knows about their mission and the Klan has pulled out all their stops to give
them a “welcome” they won’t forget. Segregation
was the way of life in the South and there was no way any uppity whites and
blacks from the North were going to tell the South how to treat its
blacks.
Brimner clearly and simply delineates the precedents and
events of these days in the early 1960’s.
I’ve read other books and seen documentaries about the Freedom Riders
and I found this one to be clear and powerful enough for students to really
gravitate to.
MS – ADVISABLE.
Cindy, Library Teacher
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