The Freedom Summer Murders
by Don Mitchell
This account of the murder of Civil Rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman... read more
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- Grade
- 9-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Jewish
Year Published 2014
Word Count 39,021
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1130L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 165763, 7 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights
- Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964--Juvenile literature
- Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
- Mississippi
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Law & Crime
- Civil rights workers
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction
- Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964
- Mississippi--Neshoba County
- Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
- Mississippi Freedom Project
- Mississippi Freedom Project--Juvenile literature
- Murder
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African American
- Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964
- Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964
- Neshoba County
- African Americans
- History
- Murder--Mississippi--Neshoba County--History--20th century
- Neshoba County (Miss.)--Race relations--History--20th century
- African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Race relations
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Political
- Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964--Juvenile literature
- Neshoba County (Miss.)
- Lists With This Book
- It's a Mystery
- Civil Rights Movement
- Voting Rights
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Selection, 2015
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History Selection, 2014
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