Holding fast to dreams : empowering youth from the civil rights crusade to STEM achievement /

"Born in Birmingham, Alabama, once known as the "most segregated city" in the United States, Freeman Hrabowski discovered the courage to stand up for civil rights and educational opportunity when he heard Martin Luther King, Jr.'s call and joined the Children's March in 1963...

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Main Author: Hrabowski, Freeman A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2015]
Series:Simmons College/Beacon Press race, education, and democracy series book.
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