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Belle, the last mule at Gee's Bend : a Civil Rights story Cover Image Book

Belle, the last mule at Gee's Bend : a Civil Rights story / by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Bettye Stroud ; illustrated by John Holyfield.

Ramsey, Calvin A. (Author). Holyfield, John, (illustrator.). Stroud, Bettye, 1938- (Added Author).

Summary:

In Gee's Bend, Alabama, Miz Pettway tells young Alex about the historic role her mule played in the struggle for civil rights led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes factual information about the community of Gee's Bend and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0763640581
  • ISBN: 1484479955
  • ISBN: 9780763640583
  • ISBN: 9780763687694
  • ISBN: 9781484479957
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
AD710L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.2 0.5 146400.

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Subject: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Civil rights movements > Juvenile fiction.
Mules > Juvenile fiction.
Alabama > History > 1951- > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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