Author - Toni Morrison
Publisher - Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Page #'s - 78
Rating - 4/5
Remember the Journey to Integration is a picture book about the Civil Rights era. It tells a longer history of the period near the beginning of the book. Then is tells a history with pictures showing the inequalities between blacks and whites in the 1960's. Sometimes the author will write what the people may have been thinking at the time of the picture. It is dedicated in the end to four black girls who were killed on the way to church.
This is a sad but touching book about the Civil Rights movement. It is a collection of wonderful pictures that really capture the era. Though it is sad to look back on the inequality and injustice, it is important to learn about it. This book is great for children to learn. The black and white photographs all tell a story themselves and Toni Morrison's captions really add heart to the book.
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