Description
Book SynopsisThis book explains civil rights and the history of the fight for racial equality in an accessible way for younger readers.
Included is a foreword by Arike Oke, who is the Managing Director of Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, London.
A chronological selection of key civil rights moments and movements in the struggle for racial equality is explained in a child-friendly way. This book examines some of the history of how and why racism exists. It looks at topics such as colourism, colonialism, slavery and stolen lands. It explores how white people have used racism to better their lives and some of the cruel and violent ways that they have treated millions of Black, Asian and indigenous people. It also covers the story of the Windrush Generation and modern movements, such as Black Lives Matter.
Prominent civil rights campaigners and figures are featured and a timeline helps readers to see at a glance how the fight to bring about racial equal
Table of Contents
- 1: What is racial equality?
- 1: Skin colour and prejudice
- 1: A hostile takeover
- 1: The Atlantic slave trade
- 1: The scramble for Africa
- 1: White Australia
- 1: Britain by boat
- 1: Segregation in the USA
- 1: I Have A Dream ...
- 1: Apartheid in South Africa
- 1: Culture and prejudice
- 1: Black Lives Matter
- 1: Racial equality today
- 1: Racial equality timeline
- 1: Glossary and further information
- 1: Index
