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Our Grandparents’ Civil Rights Era

Family letters bring history to life

By Willow McCormick

Illustrator: Bec Young

Second graders ask grandparents to write about their experiences during the Civil Rights Movement. The letters bring surprising wisdom – and some thought-provoking issues – to the classroom.

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Volume 27, No.4

Summer 2013