TY - BOOK AU - Franklin,V.P. TI - The young crusaders: the untold story of the children and teenagers who galvanized the civil rights movement SN - 9780807040072 PY - 2021///] CY - Boston, Massachusetts PB - Beacon Press KW - Students KW - Political activity KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Civil rights movements N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-283) and index; Children and teenagers : foot soldiers for democracy -- Youth and civil rights activism before the Brown decision -- Grace under pressure : children, teenagers, and school desegregation -- High school students and nonviolent direct-action protests -- The Birmingham children's crusade and Southern student activism -- Freedom Day boycotts : Chicago, Boston, and New York City -- Every child a freedom soldier : Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Mississippi -- Police brutality, Black self-defense, and student activism -- Civil rights, Black power, and increasing youth militancy -- "Keep stirring up good trouble" N2 - "Filling a gap in the scholarship of American history, V. P. Franklin crafts the first full-length history of the children and teen activists who participated in and led key protests during the Civil Rights Movement"-- ER -