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"It's May 1963, and twelve-year-old Nina Norris is answering a call from civil rights leaders in Birmingham, Alabama. Black Americans are demanding the right to vote, but adults who protest risk losing their jobs. So, children are protesting in their place. As Nina prepares for her day, she knows she will likely be arrested and put in jail, but it's a price she is willing to pay so that all people can have a say in their government. Readers can learn...
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[2017]
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IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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720L
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English
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Audrey Faye Hendricks, age nine, intended to go places and do things like anybody else. So when she heard grown-ups talk about wiping out Birmingham's segregation laws, she spoke up. When she listened to the preacher's words, smooth as glass, she sat up tall. And when she heard the plan - Picket those white stores! March to protest those unfair laws! Fill the jails! - she stepped right up and said, I'll do it! She was going to j-a-a-il! Audrey Faye...
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