| Author/Contributor(s): | Martin, Erica |
| Publisher: | Viking Books for Young Readers |
| Date: | 1/3/2023 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
“Poems that leap off the pages, bringing history, pain, dignity, and fierce determination to life.”—Booklist
“Serves not only as a history lesson but also a conversation starter about the civil rights movement.”—School Library Connection, starred review
In spare and evocative verse, Erica Martin's debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement—the well-documented events that shaped the nation’s treatment of Black people, beginning with the “Separate but Equal” ruling—and introduces lesser-known figures and moments that were just as crucial to the Movement and our nation’s centuries-long fight for justice and equality.
And We Rise is a poignant, powerful, all-too-timely collection that is both a vital history lesson and much-needed conversation starter in our modern world, complete with historical photographs, author's note, chronology of events, research, and sources.